Make Music In Your Heart

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord. Ephesians 5:19 (NIV)

But no one says, “Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,” Job 35:10 (NIV)

From Mary’s Song, declaring that her soul magnified the Lord, to the proclamation of the holiness of God around the throne in heaven; from David’s soothing tune that calmed the evil spirit in Saul to the deep moans rumbling from the early slave ships, song has and always will play a major role as an expression of our journey here on earth.

There is no better place to witness this more than the Church. Music, both instrumental and with lyrics has been used to glorify God and to tell His story in the Church for thousands of years. Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs have been born out of men and women’s experience with an awesome God and His work in their lives and the world around them.

These songs have been used to exhort, encourage, teach and proclaim the truths that Scripture teaches. Early on, for many who couldn’t read, songs taught them truths that they might not otherwise learn.

Here at Trinity, every song we sing has a story behind it and a truth to teach. Behind each of those stories is person and behind and all around them is a God who has put a song in their hearts – (He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.) (Psalm 40:3)

Engage your hearts today as we take a walk together and meet the people behind the songs, but more importantly, exalt the God behind the person and their story. And to all of you moms…Happy Mother’s Day, we celebrate you today for your part in our story.

“The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;

may the name of the LORD be praised.” (Job 1:21)