The LORD is My Song

I have been singing for a while now. No, I am not a pro, and I certainly do not think of myself as one at all. I have been told that I have a great voice and yet, I do not really think that I do. I was in the band in school and can read music, but knowing theory of music is not something that I know. I cannot tell a “middle C” from any other note. But what I can do is sing in joy.

I read this morning in Exodus about “The Song of Moses” and realized that it is not about the beauty in the voice. Not about the melody. Not about whether anyone specifically likes the tune. “The Song of Moses” is about recognizing that the LORD is my song. It is about giving all to Him. It is about being delivered from all that was/is brought against me.

“¹Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying,

‘I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously;

the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

²The LORD is my strength and my song,

and he has become my salvation;

this is my God, and I will praise him,

my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

³The LORD is a man of war;

the LORD is his name.’”

— Exodus 15:1-3 (ESV)

The song I sing is less about what is said or how it sounds, and more about what is in the heart. I have to remember that the LORD knows what is in my heart regardless if I know what to say or how to orate what is there. Even in prayer, God knows and I do not even have to speak.

“⁷But the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.’” — 1 Samuel 16:7 (ESV)

I do not even have to speak to be known by God, so the words or tune I sing is not the point when I am lifting up praise to Him. I am singing to and for the LORD and what is what is important.

On Sunday at our worship service, my son and I were singing to the LORD and again the words were not important. The two of us were simply lifting up the LORD in our actions and allowing Him to fill us with His glory as He listened to our praise. I and he were simply letting the world know that it was indeed the LORD who was at the center of our worship and that He alone was deserving. I and he did not really worry with what everyone around us were singing or hearing as we were dedicated to the lifting up of the LORD with our voice of praise to and of Him. The LORD was definitely our song.

What is your song? Are you interested in the words and the sounding good? What if you simply lifted of the LORD and allowed Him to be your song?