Singing like David

I have a unique privilege most Lord’s Days. I get to sit next to David James. David is a 36 years old man who comes to our church, and he has Down syndrome. Sitting next to him a couple weeks ago and listening to him sing the psalms I thought:

Why don’t we all sing like him. With such gusto, almost dancing in his seat as he sings. Especially when it comes to his favourite psalms, 3A, 23B, 67C, and others. As we sang psalm 146B as our call to worship this particular Lord’s day evening, and he was singing next to me, it challenged me to think, do I sing “Praise the Lord, let all within me offer to the LORD His praise…” and really mean it? Am I really singing with all that is in me offering praise to my God?

As I watched and listened to Him sing, I was really challenged. I love to sing, but do I really sing with all that is in me? Do I sing God’s praise because I’m genuinely happy to be singing praise to Him? And I also thought, everyone should get a chance to sit next to David for a Sunday service, and maybe we’d have a church full of people who sing like David.