Be lifted high

I've noticed lately that there are a LOT of recent worship songs that mention or revolve around some variation of the phrases "We lift up Your Name" or "Be lifted high" or "We lift You up." I've given it some thought, and, contrary to what I thought as a kid growing up in the church, we don't lift Him up by raising our hands. We are not singing about physically raising Him higher in the sky. When we sing about lifting up Him or His Name, we are referring to holding Him higher in our lives through reverence. We are stating that in our decisions, speech, and thought, He will be held in the highest regard.


Have you ever considered that unbelievers don't respect God and Christianity because we Christians don't? We sing songs that say that we lift His Name up, but we take His name in vain so flippantly as if to say it doesn't matter. We sing songs that say that we lift Him up, but we'd rather do what we want than obey Him. We sing songs that implore Him to be lifted up, but we refuse to lift His opinion (which, by the way, is truth) higher than what is politically correct or socially acceptable. We say over and over and over and over that we want Him to be lifted up, but we constantly make choices that act as if what He says about life is the lowest of our priorities.


Wake up, church, and start doing what you sing about. Hold the Lord in the highest regard. Lift Him up in your actions and not just the songs you sing.