Let Singing Be Stirring!

[338 words] When we sing songs that we’ve sung for years, we often have a temptation to “shift our brains into neutral” and cease thinking about the words and messages; about the benefits and recipients of those messages we sing! God wants singing to be a part of His worship (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16; Heb. 13:15). God purposed also, in part, that attendance in worship ought to be a way of stirring each other up to love and good works (Heb. 10:24-25). What ought I to consider if my singing is to be stirring? To whom am I singing? The answer is: God AND one another (reread Ephesians 5:19 carefully)! We sing to the glory of God but to the benefit of one another. Therefore, church, bring your head up out of your book and have regard for your Christian brothers and sisters who can take comfort and strength in…