I like to think that I’m a great singer, but I’m not. I wish I was, but no amount of wishing will change the fact that I’ll never be asked to audition for American Idol… or even the GENESIS Worship TEAM.
It’s always a bit embarrassing for me on Sunday morning when I’m singing in my loud ‘I love Jesus voice’ only to realize that my ‘I love Jesus voice’ is so far out of tune with everyone else that people around me are starting to give me that look. You know the look that says…
‘Does that guy know he can’t really sing?’
Listen, I know – no need for any more looks :).
It’s one thing to sing out of tune but living life out of tune, well, that is a totally different story, really, a tragic story.
Some people might call it feeling ‘out of sorts’ or ‘not in sync’ or ‘discombobulated (ok, no one says that), but all of these phrases tell the same story… we’re living life out of tune.
And to be honest, it does not take much to get us living off key.
Sin – that will get us out of tune quickly.
Selfishness, worry, fear, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, and laziness… yep, all of those things will cause us to live life out of tune.
In the same way that I can tell when I’m singing out of tune, I can also tell, or should I say ‘I can feel’ when I’m living life out of tune. And sadly, it happens more frequently than I’d care to admit.
Thankfully, God has a tune for you and me to live by. Or to say that another way, God has a rhythm that He wants all of us to keep in step with. And if you want to live every moment of every day in tune (or in sync) with God, well, I hope as we’re now on Day #18 of this 21 Days of Prayer journey that this will come as not a surprise to anyone, but PRAYER IS THE KEY.
Prayer keeps us in step with His heart.
Prayer keeps us empowered to walk away from sin.
And most importantly, prayer keeps us in His Presence.
We might not be the best singers on the planet, but I do know this, together, through prayer, we can begin living life in tune with God and all that He has for us.
