On one fine Sunday morning, the Christmas choir were to perform a teaser of what was to come during our church's Christmas event. So, many of us in the Alto sat nearby each other. Before the teaser, we had our worship session, of course.
As we started singing songs to God, I could hear the people's voices around me, rising to praise our Father in heaven. And of course, the voices of the two strong young singers in the Alto, both on my right, would have been heard in my ear.
Well, I was tempted to sing louder. Maybe it was to prove that I could sing as well as them. And so I had to remind myself that singing songs of worship and praise is not to glorify myself, but to glorify God. Who was I praising? Myself? No! I was praising God!
It's so easy to be tempted in subtle ways. Singing louder during worship sessions for the wrong reasons. Playing louder in the musician team just to be heard. Quoting the Bible and saying all kind of theological stuff with the motive of showing off. All done with the right intentions are great services to God. But we can so easily be tempted to have wrong motives, or am I the only one?
Performing these tasks for the wrong reasons MIGHT not harm anybody but it will definitely harm you. Don't feed your ego or need to be recognised. Pride comes before a fall (You can check that up somewhere in Proverbs). Serve the Lord, not yourself.
I myself have much to learn and fix.
I'm currently struggling, maybe a dry season or the result of my laziness and lack of discipline, I'm not sure. But I'm not giving up. So no worries. :)
Who are you praising? Yourself? Or God?
Char Siew Pau.
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