In this video, Rev. Joel Kim explores how worship naturally flows into song as Christians respond to God’s grace and truth revealed in Scripture.
As we think about worship and as we think about our Christian lives, sometimes people wonder why we sing and why we sing to one another in response to the Lord. It’s an interesting question because I think all of us are used to singing and actually engage in songs in terms of our worshipful engagement with the Lord. Worship itself is a conversation; as God speaks to us in His Word, we respond. And the psalmist has reminded us over and over again that because of the new life we have in Christ Jesus, we sing a new song.
And it seems to be something that even the New Testament Christians have carried on consistently. One of the things that I find to be very fun looking through the Apostle Paul’s writings is how often he pauses in his writing to sing a song, a song of doxology and praise to the Lord. The more we think deep thoughts about who God is, the more we come to understand and experience the grace that God has poured out to us in His Son Jesus Christ. The more we think about the work of the Spirit in our lives and in our hearts, we cannot help but to be thankful. We cannot help but to praise. And all these things are best expressed in song.
As people with multiple senses, here, song becomes a joyful, as well as a heartfelt way of expressing and speaking to the Lord our thankfulness and praises to Him. Our worship captures that as we place in the middle and at the heart, not only God speaking to us, but us speaking to Him in both prayer and song.