What I see is that too many times our words are hollow. They're meaningless. We care more about the fact that the current social norm is that we have to sing, then we do about the actual words coming out of our mouths.
I imagine how God feels, as we approach him and say we want to sing to Him, that we want these words to go to Him... and yet most of us are thinking about other things.
Let's face it. Singing worship songs has become a religion- the same kind of meaningless act Jesus came to end! I mean, didn't he rebuke the pharisees more than anyone? And what they did was ACTION without HEART.
I'm tired of seeing my brothers and sisters singing with a lack of heart and a lack of care for what they're saying! I'M sick of going to church and saying words I don't CARE for. I need to KNOW what I mean.
How will I sing to God "There is NO ONE like you!" If at the same time I'm living as if people are more important than God? How can I say to him "I am secure, I'm confident that I am loved, I know who I am!" If I don't live my life confident in the love of Christ, fearful of what people will think of me, insecure of who I am?
We need to know the words we're saying. And we need to mean them. Otherwise... what's the point?
With Love,
Art
Art, I totally feel what you're saying. Sometimes when I don't mean the words I sing, I feel like sitting down... but then I worry what people will think if I do sit so I continue to sing, completely heartless. I think it's okay to just stop singing, sit down, and ask God to make you believe the words you're saying. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us right? So why not ask Him for us to believe those words and sing with our hearts and not just our voices. btw when I say "you" I don't mean you as in Art Perreira haha I'm totally directing this to myself as well lol
ReplyDeleteGod Bless!