#67 Joining the choir(2nd Nov 2005)

Last Sunday in church, as the Spirit of God touched me, leaving me with this great inexplicable joy and peace, where knowing and loving God is not a matter of choice or effort or sacrifice but our only response to His grace. In such moments of indescribable peace and compassion, God put the thought in me to 'join the choir.'

Talked about doing crazy things when one is intoxicated.

A little history. One reason why I never really enjoyed going to church for a long time(despite being a believer since age 15) was that I could never bring myself to sing and in church, at least in the past, I could never fully comprehend why they are always singing.

Conveniently, I blamed this vocal incapacity on my primary 4 music teacher who snuffed out whatever little budding musical inclination that I might have when she told me outright that I could not sing. She truly brings to life the phrase 'nip in the bud.'

God is wonderful. The last 4 years, by His Grace, I have actually enjoyed praising Him in songs. And when sung from the heart, with God as the focus, I know that it actually sounded alright. I have indeed come a long way from the 'silent days'(no croaking except in the showers) to the 'ad-lipped' days(when I literally mouthed the words, when by His will, I had the honour of leading worship for my baptism class, in front of a decently large crowd) to today, a joyous desire to praise Him in songs.

'...And ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick;
Thus ye brought an offering;
Should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord'
Malachi 1:13

Musical talent, I do not have. But a desire to love and serve God, I aspire till the day I expire. God will make this desire transpire.

What about you??. Many of us have always experienced God's love but only truly acknowledge Him in our moments of despair, when somehow, our distractive and destructive natural senses are pushed aside, and we begin to experience a spiritual communion with the Almighty God.

This inexplicable love, as the Spirit of God ministers to us, was great for the moment, but sadly, as our situation improves, we generally forget about God as our attention and interests gets diverted to lesser things of the world.

'Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:7

For I am the Lord, I change not..'
Malachi 3:6

Do take time to be still. Are you truly at one with the Lord or is He just one whom you remember wantonly??

God Blesses

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