"Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.”
Colossians 3:16
The message fills us.
Teaching/counseling one other edifies us.
Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs give us a framework.
But gratitude fuels us.
Many of us spend a lot of energy on the framework. The structures of worship.
Some of us focus our time on education and conversation.
A few of us do all we can to make sure we are feasting on the Bread of Life. That we sing the gospel. That Jesus is not only the object of our worship, but the subject as well.
But I don’t hear a lot about the fuel.
Except at Thanksgiving. Okay… 2 weeks around Thanksgiving.
Maybe this is why our worship is sometimes sputtering, even when the content is rich, the framework is spot on, and the people are knowledgable. We need more fuel.
We need thankful hearts.
Have you ever tried to shut down someone who was genuinely grateful? Their life was spared. Their child came home. Their best friend got saved.
Worship for them is not a Sunday activity; it’s a condition of the soul—fueled by a heart filled with thankfulness.
So worship leaders, cultivate thankfulness. Don’t convince your folks they SHOULD sing; help find that place where they can’t help but sing.
Cultivate thankfulness. Don’t make worship about forms, functions or musical style, but the fertile soil of the heart.
I suspect you’ll have a hard time shutting them down.
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