Worship in Song

March 16

(Psalms 33:1-3 NIV)  "Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. {2} Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. {3} Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.”

(1 Peter 2:9) "You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light".

The word "worship" comes from two Old English words: weorth, which means "worth"; and scipe or ship, which means “shape” or "quality." You find the Old English word “ship” in modern words like friendship and sportsmanship – the quality of being a friend, or the quality of being a good sport. “Worth-ship”, then, is the quality of having worth or being worthy. When we worship God, we attribute worth to God. We declare that the Lord is of the highest worth to us. One of the ways we can do that is through music. Songs help us free our souls to offer God joyful praise. The music itself is not the worship; it is but a vehicle or a tool to help us get outside ourselves and give expression to what’s in our heart. And to truly worship, our songs must be truthful. We cannot worship God when we lie to Him when we sing. Sing joyfully. Sing truthfully. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day