Why do we sing?

Psalm 137:4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land [in exile]?

With great joy and hope!
 In this fleeting exile, we are foreigners and aliens,
  strangers passing through, looking forward to our future home ...

So why do we sing?
 We sing in anticipation.
  We sing because the promise is sure and our hope is secure.
   We sing because the home we seek is better than this.
    We sing because we cannot be silent.

We sing because of the Lord's abundant, steadfast, unfailing love 
  that overflows into exceeding great mercy and amazing grace. 

We sing because we have been given a new birth
  into a living hope that does not disappoint us.

We sing because we have been rescued,
  delivered from the dominion of darkness and
    transferred into the kingdom of light,
      the kingdom of the Son the Lord loves.

We sing because we love God who first loved us.
 We sing because God is
  more awesome,
   more holy,
    more righteous,
     more powerful,
      more faithful,
       more loving,
        more compassionate,
       more gracious,
      more merciful,
     more perfect,
    more ... just ...
  more in every way than we can possibly imagine. 

We sing because one day
 our exile will end,
  our faith will be sight,
   all will be redeemed, restored and righted.

We sing because the kingdoms of this world
 will again become the Kingdom of our God of of His Christ!

Alleluia!

July 17, 2012