Sing With All Your Might

"And the people of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with all their might to the Lord."  2 Chronicles 30:21

Hezekiah was on the throne.  He restored worship in Judah.  He even invited the people of Israel to the celebrations.  Three things stand out in this verse.

1.  All the people present in Jerusalem showed up for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a time of celebrating and worshiping God.  They all went.  There was no, "Well, I don't think I'll go today."  No one said, "I had some family come in from Bethlehem, so we won't be there."  They showed up!
2. They worshiped "seven days with great gladness."  When you come to worship at church, do you praise the Lord with gladness?  Is there a joy in your heart?  Also, when you come to worship, are you just counting down the minutes until you can leave?  Do you sit in the back close to the door so you can hoof it out of the sanctuary as fast as you can?  They were there seven days, and they were happy!
3. The sang "with all their might to the Lord."  Oh dear, you mean to tell me they not only came to church, but they sang too?  And they sang loudly?  Yes!  That's exactly what they did.  They sang loudly because they were singing to the Lord.  They weren't concerned with what style the music was, they sang anyway because they were singing to the Lord.  They didn't worry about what the person next to them thought.  They didn't say, "Oh, I can't sing, so I won't."  They didn't offer excuses to God.  They sang with might!

This Sunday, why not get over yourself and the people around you, and do those three things.  Show up, be glad, and sing to the Lord with all your might.