Soul Music

September 6

(Psalms 108:1-6 NIV) "My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul. {2} Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. {3} I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. {4} For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. {5} Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. {6} Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.”

(Matthew 22:34-38 NIV) “Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. {35} One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: {36} "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" {37} Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' {38} This is the first and greatest commandment.”

The Lord is looking for a people whose hearts are steadfast. He has no need for the sensational. What God desires is the sincere and steady heart. Early in Scripture, God makes it clear that, above all things, He wants us to love Him with “all our soul”. A more contemporary term for this would be “sold out”. Jesus is looking for disciples who are “sold out” to Him. He wants us to make music with all our soul. Early in the morning and late in the evening, worship from our hearts rises up to the heart of God. Our “soul music” goes out for the world to hear as we glorify Him for His love, His faithfulness, and His deliverance. We do not hide our love for the Lord. His name is praised and highly exalted when we sing to Him with all our soul. Is this how you sing to the Lord? Would your songs classify as “soul music”? -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day