Do you know what you are singing?“Take, take, take it all….” rang in my ears even after service. I was thrilled to see how the young enjoyed and jumped to the beat of the drum and what have you on the stage. I was glad that we were able to engage the young in worship. Then the Spirit of the Lord jammed my thinking… "Did the youth really worship ME?”
You would know that the question was a rhetorical one and the answer was NO!
For most of the latest “worship music”, the beat and tune get faster and more catchy and the words are all well crafted. But because it is faster, it leaves very little room for one to reflect on the meaning of the lyrics and mean it fully before we mouth those words. The result – singing without meaning, praising without heartfelt gratitude. In another words HYPOCRACY!
Would God take our HYPOCRACY as WORSHIP?
What then shall we do? Junk all the CDs? NO!
Slow down the tune and the beat? NO!
We need to recognize first and foremost, praise and worship is part of total discipleship. Thus, it is a discipleship agenda. We need to talk about it in our discipleship time with our people. Teach them the songs. Help them to appreciate the words. Pray that the words would become a reality in their lives…
We need to launch them into authentic worship by teaching them to mean what they sing and sing what they mean before the Lord! He is worthy of our worship!
The next time you sing "Our praise, and all we are today, Take, take, take it all..." or "King of Majesty, You're my one desire..." take a step back and listen to the lyrics of the songs. Make an effort to know and mean what you sing. You will discover that your worship into the Lord will take on a whole new dimension of intimacy.
CSL
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