I love it when the song stuck in my head is a worship song. I often battle over what music I’m in the mood to listen to, but the more I listen to worship music, the more I enjoy it. It ends up making my passive background thoughts full of praise to God. Even when I wake up, my mind is already singing praise. I’ve started to view it as my Holy Spirit being in the driver’s seat, already worshiping God, and I’m just waking up to hear the song playing.
Scripture says to live with the Holy Spirit playing songs of praise to God on our hearts:
Ephesians 5:15-20 NLT “So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Colossians 3:16 NLT “Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.”
I’ve honestly never been the musical type, so the worship portion of church wasn’t my favorite. But after learning that singing praises to God also has physical benefits, I became more intrigued. I was going through a long season of heavy emotions full of grief and fear, and my therapist gave me a couple of coping tools to help soothe my mind into a peaceful state. One of those tools was making a humming noise. At the time, I was more interested in other coping strategies and too embarrassed to try humming. A couple of months later, I learned that often mothers during labor, at the peak of pain, will make moaning noises. It’s a natural instinct that occurs to help soothe them through the pain. It’s not a coincidence; both noises calmed the body. It points to only one conclusion – Our creator God made no mistakes in designing our bodies. After a quick Google search, I learned that humming, moaning, and singing (any form of vibration from our mouth) is also created to calm us! The vibrations against our brain sends a signal of safety to our amygdala, signaling to our body that it’s safe to shut off our high-stress flight-or-flight alarms and enter into a calm state.
Our loving father has called us to sing songs of praise to Him, for our benefit and His glory. He deserves all the praise! I encourage you to try it out today.
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