You Should Hear Me Sing!
I am not sure whether I am a baritone singer or a monotone. Sometimes I think I can sing some flat tenor but, for the most part, I’m in the fog-horn section of the choir squawking out the lyrics. I’m pretty sure I’m not completely tone deaf but I’m not so sure a few others aren’t. I suspect they might fit the classification. By the way, I took an online test for tone-deafness and I passed with less than flying colours – 63.9%.
I have never sung in a barbershop quartet or an all-male choir. I’m not the lead singer in a bluegrass gospel band or in a contemporary Christian group either – not even a back up singer. I haven’t even auditioned for such a thing. I know better. I haven’t been invited to an annual Dove Award celebration for Christian artists. In my wildest dreams, I don’t expect to be inducted into any hall of fame.
But what causes joyful palpitations in my heart is knowing I will attend and sing at a far more exhilarating event. And there’s not a chance I will miss it. My flight won’t be cancelled nor will I come down with laryngitis. And I won’t be there as a listener or as a happy observer. I’ll be there as a singer and a full participant – totally engaged. It will be the biggest homecoming gathering of singers ever held in the universe. We won’t be singing ‘Michael, Row your Boat Ashore, Hallelujah’ or ‘Kumbaya’ or ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.”
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Whether it is singing or chanting, I will be able to do both. If it’s the millions of angels’ turn to lead the chorus, I will still be there in total accord with their song: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain!” You can count the number of songs sung in The Revelation and who the lead singers are but by the time you get to Revelation 7:9-10 – there’s no question who will be singing – I will be one of them!
“…Behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out [singing or triumphantly and joyfully shouting out] with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
I’ll be there when every single one from every nation and family tree on earth will lift their arms and point towards the throne. Unanimously we will say or sing or chant: ‘TO HIM who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be blessing, honor, glory and might forever and ever.’ It seems as if the universe will erupt in a burst of harmonious song to the Lamb – our Saviour and our Lord!
There’ll be no frogs in our throats on that day. Nor will we be croaking out a wobbly note. No one will be singing off-key or a half note behind. We won’t be just mouthing the words with drab looking faces while our minds are thousands of miles away in thought. No! We will be very much into it; as we said – totally engaged!
Sometimes we go to a hymn sing and our hearts are heavy because of many things. We try to sing; we do our best and then we go home. But in that day we’ll have no more burdens weighing us down. No anxious worries or throbbing emotional pains. Totally relieved of all our burdens and trials, our mouths will be open wide. Our faces will be beaming and our hearts pounding with the thrill of just being there and joining the chorus of praise – Worthy is the Lamb!
I’ll be there singing! Will you? For sure? Be sure today. Get it settled. Email or talk to someone if you are having doubts. Get it settled.
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