A Call to Worship, A Call to Action

Eph 5:18-20
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

People are used to quoting verse 18, but they forget that 19 and 20 are part of the same paragraph.

Our walk in the Spirit should be such that it overflows with love and thanksgiving. We praise Him for what He has done for us and we worship Him for who He is.

At least in some shape or form we understand that.

However, do we really understand what it means to “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs”?

Our discourse when walking a naturally supernatural life should be such that we desire to share with each other what God has done for us and what He means to us. It should give birth to a natural expression of worship. We should build each other up and encourage each other in our interactions with each other.

At worship practice this last week there was a moment when we were ministering to each other as much as we were to the Lord. So much so, that after 62 years of being a worshiper I received new insight on that night. Worship for most of us starts with a call to worship, singing His praises and rejoicing in His presence and then slowly moving into intimacy. I call it going from the throne of God into the Bridal Chamber. But something Luis Camilo said put a fresh light on worship. As much as I relish being in his presence and experiencing intimacy, at some point He sends us out to do battle, to be witnesses and make disciples. Worship at some point then becomes a call to action.

When we make music in our hearts we encourage ourselves and we find ourselves girded for action. When we speak to each other with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs we motivate each other to go and do the work of the Kingdom.


A lifetime of worshiping and I am still scratching the surface of what it means to worship.

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