Willing Musical Sacrifices

Willing Musical Sacrifices

Psalm 7:17, “I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.”  Praising God is volitional.  The psalmist asserted, “I will praise the LORD”.  Praiseng God with our musicing is also an act of the singers will.  Notice that the psalmist could not express his praise with only one of God’s names so he used YAHV elyown (3068, 5945) which meant the self-existent, independent, eternal God who is the high and lofty supreme one.   Knowing who God is caused the psalmist to genuinely desire to sing praise unto God’s name. 

Worship leaders are responsible to lead others in praising and honoring God.  In order to facilitate this exercise of praise, the worship leader must stimulate those who love and serve Jesus Christ our Savior must do so as an act of their own free will.  Perfunctory musicing  praise to God or musicing out of obligation prevents our musicing from being willing musical offerings that exude from a heart of gratitude and praise to God for who He is and what He has done and will continue to do for His people.

When Israel was preparing to build the Tabernacle, Exodus 35:29 records that, “The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.”  God wanted his dwelling place to be built with “willing offerings”.  I am convinced that God is pleased when our musical offerings unto him exudes from a willing heart.  In Hebrews 13:15 St. Paul stated, “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”  Singing in God’s house is most certainly “the fruit of our lips”.