How you sing praise and worship songs on Sunday morning reveals something about your heart.

When someone falls in love for the first time, every love song they’ve ever heard suddenly makes sense. The same thing happens when a person fully surrenders to Jesus. Those lyrics they once sang out of habit, or barely sang at all, come alive. Gratitude becomes too overwhelming to stay silent. Worship stops being something you observe and becomes something you can’t contain.

That’s why some people stand with their arms crossed, watching the stage. It’s not about their voice, because God has never once asked for a beautiful one. What’s on display is the condition of their soul. Disconnection from the words being sung is often a symptom of disconnection from the One the words are about.

This Sunday, while you’re standing in that room, ask yourself an honest question: Do the words coming out of my mouth actually reflect what’s happening in my heart?

You probably already know the answer. Everyone else will know by how loud you’re willing to sing and what your face looks like when you do.