Last week, as my worship team was concluding our set, and as the music softly played as Pastor Bill was praying, I remember thinking to myself, “I love listening to these worshippers play. I wish I could hear this music playing all the time, like a soundtrack for my life.” I chuckled to myself at the thought, but I’ve been thinking about it ever since. What does the soundtrack to my life actually sound like?
King David is known for being a man after God’s own heart. He was fearless in his dialogue with God, and I can imagine all the time he spent as a young person in the pastures, alone, with just his harp and his sheep. It was there that he cultivated a lifestyle of both speaking to God and worshiping God, not knowing that it was all in preparation for both serving a king and being a king himself. David is known for taking liberties with God that other people wouldn’t normally take, like helping himself to the showbread in the temple to feed himself and his soldiers, or dancing half-naked when the ark of the covenant was brought back to its rightful place! He was able to exercise that level of freedom because he had personal experience with God, he understood God’s loving character and favor for him, and he was a seasoned worshiper. He had invested a lot of time and trust in the relationship!
The soundtrack of our life is what we are listening to, our inner conversations with ourselves, and what comes out of our mouths and the mouths of those we spend our time with. Does that sound like honest prayers to God, hearing His voice, and worshiping Him? I can tell you, when it is, navigating life’s ups and downs is A LOT more bearable, and I have much more grace, courage and endurance.
The Lord is always working and speaking. He speaks through his Word (the Bible), through his Spirit (His voice) and through godly people whom he is using to minister to us. Our job is to listen, follow, and invest time into the relationship. When we do, we’re people after God’s own heart, and the soundtrack of our life sounds like a river of living water! I bet you can imagine that sound right now if you close your eyes and picture it. Isn’t the sound so peaceful, like soft music?
Jesus, I thank You that YOU are the living water. I pray that You would increase the sounds of heaven in our ears, as we pray and seek You and become a people after Your heart. May the river of living water be the undercurrent for all that we say and do. Amen.