Re:Verse passage – Nehemiah 12:40-47 (day six)
27 For the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem, the Levites throughout the land were asked to come to Jerusalem to assist in the ceremonies. They were to take part in the joyous occasion with their songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres. Nehemiah 12:7
Paul writes in Colossians 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” Singing is not ornamental to the Christian life; it is essential. When God’s people sing, we engage our whole being- body, mind, and heart- in response to His mighty works. Singing shapes what we feel and believe, stirring our affections and embodying our theology in real time and space.
The Benedictine monks understood this well: they sang the Psalms seven times a day, all 150 every week. Singing was the nervous system of their life together, giving order and priority to everything else they did.
In our age of “me and Jesus” spirituality, singing together loudly proclaims otherwise. Satan does not want us to sing because joyful, embodied singing changes us. It reshapes our priorities, deepens our joy, and bears witness to the real story of God.
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