TODAY I WANT TO SHAKE THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT
BY OPENING UP BY SINGING YOU A SONG.
NOW SIT BACK AND ENJOY.
NO, I'M KIDDING. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING, THOUGH, IF I DID.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF I COULD SING AT ALL.
IT'S THE ONE THING MY WIFE AND I
WISH WE WERE GIFTED AT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WE BOTH ENVY REALLY GOOD SINGERS.
THEIR ABILITY TO BELT OUT NOTES
AND STRING THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL MELODIES
AND CAPTIVATE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IS WONDERFUL!
I'LL NEVER FORGET ONE OF MY WIFE KRYSTAL AND I'S
VERY FIRST DATES YEARS AGO WAS TO SEE KEITH SWEAT IN CONCERT.
WE WATCHED HIM SING FOR HOURS ON END,
MESMERIZING THE CROWD AND LEAVING US ALL IN AWE.
BUT THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF THAT NIGHT TO US,
THE MOMENTS WE TALK ABOUT MOST,
IS WHEN ONE OF HIS SONGS WOULD COME ON THAT WE LOVED
AND WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT GET UP AND SING WITH HIM.
THE MUSIC WAS TOO GOOD TO SIT, TOO GOOD NOT TO SING ALONG.
WE SANG AND SANG UNTIL OUR VOICES
WENT HOARSE FROM SINGING.
I'LL BET YOU'VE BEEN THERE, TOO.
WE AREN'T THE ONLY ONES.
IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A KEITH SWEAT CONCERT,
BUT THERE WAS THAT MOMENT (OR MOMENTS) IN THE SHOWER,
IN THE CAR, AT A RESTAURANT, WHERE A SONG WOULD COME ON
AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WAS GOING ON,
THE MUSIC WAS TOO GOOD NOT TO SING ALONG TO.
THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A SINGER TO JOIN IN.
AND FOR SOME OF US,
SOME OF OUR FAVORITE TIMES TO SING AND JOIN IN
IS DURING WORSHIP AT CHURCH.
BUT THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, RIGHT?
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT JUST SINGING ALONG.
THE THING THAT MAKES SINGING IN CHURCH SO DIFFERENT
IS WHO WE'RE SINGING ABOUT AND WHO WE'RE SINGING TO.
THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT WORSHIP.
BECAUSE IT'S THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE
WHERE WE ACTUALLY FIX OUR ATTENTION ON
AND WORSHIP THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO CAN SING AND WHO CAN'T.
WHEN WE WORSHIP,
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY GIVING GOD ALL THE PRAISE.
THIS IS WHY THE PSALMIST, IN PSALM 95, SAID,
"OH COME, LET US SING TO THE LORD,
"LET US MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE TO THE ROCK OF OUR SALVATION!
"LET US COME INTO HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKSGIVING;
"LET US MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE TO HIM
"WITH SONGS OF PRAISE!
"FOR THE LORD IS A GREAT GOD,
"AND A GREAT KING ABOVE ALL GODS."
THE AUTHOR OF PSALM 95
NOT ONLY ENCOURAGES US ALL TO SING TO GOD,
BUT THEY ALSO GIVE US THE STRONGEST REASON
WHY WE SHOULD SING.
"FOR THE LORD IS A GREAT GOD,
"AND A GREAT KING ABOVE ALL GODS."
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?
THE REASON WHY WE SING?
THE MORE I READ PASSAGES LIKE THIS,
THE MORE I'M CONVINCED
IT'S BECAUSE GOD IS WORTHY OF ALL OF OUR PRAISE.
HE'S BEEN SO GOOD.
HE'S ABOVE EVERY OTHER ENTITY, FORCE, INDIVIDUAL, EVEN GOD.
WORSHIP IS THIS OVERFLOW OF OUR HEARTS
THAT CAUSES US TO BOW DOWN IN REVERENCE OF HIM.
DO ME A FAVOR AFTER THIS VIDEO IS DONE:
COMMENT DOWN BELOW
YOUR ABSOLUTE FAVORITE WORDHIP SONG TO SING TO,
THAT REMINDS YOU JUST HOW WORTHY GOD IS TO BE PRAISED.
AND REMBEMBER, THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE AT HOME,
IN THE CAR, AT CHURCH,
WHEREVER YOU FIND YOURSELF WORHIPPING THROUGH SONG,
REMEMBER IT'S NOT JUST A TIME TO RECITE LYRICS
THAT YOU'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
WORSHIP IS THIS MOMENT
WHERE WE GET TO MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE TO GOD
BECAUSE OF HOW GREAT AND SUPREME HE IS IN OUR LIVES.