Sinclair B. Ferguson

The tunes were just the same.

What had changed was that he now understood the words and realized they matched his own experience, and his experience matched what the hymns said.

There was music now in his soul, and that music matched the music of the hymns of the church.

So when you become a Christian, you want to sing.

And as I said, this week we're going to think about that.

But today I have a couple of questions I want to ask, because I think they're more important than they might at first sight seem.

I don't just mean in church, but as you go through life.

Or is there music in your soul only when others are present and when there's an organ or perhaps a piano or maybe a band or even an orchestra in your church?

If that's the case, then something has gone out of your soul and you need to get it back.

You need to sing.

Do you know what the remedy is for someone who has stopped singing?

It's simple.

Start singing again.

Don't wait for inspiration.

Sing.

The singing will give you inspiration.

Praising God is a command.

It's not an optional luxury in our Christian lives.

But here's my second question, and I think it's just as important.

Do you own a hymn book?