Carry Your Name

What is a worship song?  

This can be difficult to define, but I will do my best to try to define a worship song as follows...Any song that directs people to God by speaking of Him or to Him, or His son Jesus Christ.  This can be accomplished through songs of adoration (a prayer to God), songs of exhortation (describing who God is and telling others about Him), songs of declaration (proclaim God’s truth - who He is), and  songs of supplication (a prayer petitioning God).  Many songs focus directly on one of these four aspects, but do not be surprised when a song writer will use 2 to 3 aspects within a worship song.

Why am I going into this in depth description?  Because our worship matters to God.  We do not just sing songs to sing songs.  We sing songs to worship the truth, the living God!  It matters what we sing - God is watching, listening and hearing our songs lifted up to Him. (Psalms 40:1-3)

This weekend, we are singing one of my favorite worship songs from Passion Ministries called “Carry Your Name”.  In this song, you will notice the personal tone and language of the song as the singer prays a prayer to God in worship.  It is a song of Adoration and Exhortation.  Listen to these words...

By Your wounds we are healed

And You have conquered the grave

And in Your rising, we will rise

To carry Your name

Above every name

I will carry Your name

Carry Your name

Jesus, Your name forever

For all of my days

In all of my ways

Jesus, Your name forever

Isn’t that amazing - the personal prayer from our heart directly to God.  If we sing a song like this and truly enable the song to transfer from our heads to our heart, then our lives will be changed!  We are salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16) and we are called to carry the name of Jesus wherever we go.  Might this song remind all of us the importance to allow God to use each one of us for His good pleasure (Philippians 2:12-14) and to carry His name into a world that so desperately needs to know Christ.

Thanks for the time and I look forward to seeing you in worship this weekend.  Remember - Carry the Name of Jesus wherever you go! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLQmdL9xdnc