The people's attitude in their worship was not just muttering the words of praise in a lethargic way. That is not worship; that is actually an insult. What was their attitude in worship? It was vibrant. It was exuberant. It was actually loud. It was filled with shouts. It engaged the emotions. They worshipped with all of their heart. The Bible does not commend halfhearted, lethargic worship. In fact, the Bible condemns halfhearted lethargic worship. Now, if you are sitting there thinking,
Brian Borgmanwell, I do not like to sing,I have one simple piece of advice for you: get over it! If you are a man and you are too macho to sing, then your machismo is leading you into rebellion against the most high God. Get over it! Repent! God actually expects from his people heartfelt exuberant worship…Have you ever thought about how much pride inhibits worship, thinkingwhat are people going to think of me? If I sing too loud and I do not hit the right key, someone is going to look at me and say, 'shoo!'Who cares? I mean, thanks be to God we have people in our church that do not care.1
11 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.”And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.