Yes, I know that I have written recently about singing praise and frankly when reading and studying singing, it is always about praise and thanksgiving. Isn’t that how it should be. Shouldn’t the singing to our LORD be to praise Him for who He is and to thank Him for what He has done. I should be lifting Him up as He has done with me.

“¹Praise the LORD!

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.”

“⁷Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;

make melody to our God on the lyre!”

— Psalm 147:1 & 7 (ESV)

Yes, there are songs that are for me asking the LORD, but the ones that make the biggest impact are those that are centered around praise and thanksgiving. I have sinned and the LORD has accepted me. I have turned away from Him and He has waited on me to turn back. I continue to sin and He looks past it and loves me. Praise to Him for His wonderful love and thanks to Him for giving me the chance to be a part of the Family of God.

I think about my before and after salvation. Before salvation, I was searching for something that would make be whole and something that I could be a part of that would be comforting. I was lost and was looking to be found. I was asking for rescue and not sure where it was going to come from. After salvation, I am thankful for being found. I am thankful for being a part of something that is comforting and I now feel whole.

Now that I have been saved and have that something to make me whole and am able to feel comforted, I am to be singing praises and thanksgiving and not asking for deliverance. I am to bring glory to the LORD and marvel at His awesomeness and not be looking for more. I now know that He is enough and all else I need He will provide.

I know that there are time that I will ask for from the LORD. I will find myself in need at some point and will ask for assistance and for deliverance. In those times is when the LORD will provide as He always has and will continue. For Jesus said:

“⁷Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” — Matthew 7:7-8 (ESV)

The above is true, the LORD will give when we are seeking to find. I have to remember though, that the seeking is for deliverance, not for what I want. God knows what it is that I truly need and my asking is from the heart and should be asking for His will to be done, not my wants to be fulfilled. I will be delivered and then the praise and thanksgiving begins again and should be continuous as the LORD has delivered and will continue to do so, even as I am not deserving.

What singing are you doing? Are you singing always in the desperate attempt to receive? What if the vast majority of your singing were in praise and thanksgiving for all that the LORD has done for you?