Every Thanksgiving, it seems that we take the time to reflect on the things for which we are grateful. We make lists on paper or speak them verbally. Lists about our gratitude for family and love and food, freedom and health and good friends. And then at church we sing songs about thankfulness.
But do we ever just sing our thanks to God? Is that the same thing as singing praise songs that others have written? I don't actually have an answer. Just something I was pondering tonight. Because the verse below makes it sound like our singing is a way of giving thanks, (especially if you look at it in the Message version.)
Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God... Ephesians 5:19-20
How weird would it be if we were talking to God, thanking Him for His goodness, and then we suddenly broke out into song?
Yeah, weird. But I think Jesus might really enjoy it. It'd be like singing Him a love song directly from our hearts.
There are others in the Bible that sang their hearts to God in the moment. I wonder what it would feel like to do that...
Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:18-20
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