I’ve started playing Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny again, this time on PS3. I really recommend it. This is one of the songs in the game, and something struck me about the lyrics:

Spirit of Life, hear my song that I now sing to thee

I sing for you, with my heart and my soul

and my soul

I’m here, waiting for you to answer me!

Open your eyes, feel the air, the earth, and our hearts

Help us to be brave, make us wise, make us strong

Make us strong!

Make us both guardians of this land

Make us both guardians of this land!

This is better praise and worship than most praise and worship.

I mean, when we sing, do we say anything close to this? Do we sing for God with our hearts and our souls? Do we wait for Him to answer us? Do we ask Him to make us brave, wise, and strong? To make us guardians of the world?

It’s funny too, because the first time you meet Odette while she sings this, she says she sings this to help her understand their Guardian Dragon’s thoughts. Her mindset and the song itself has an activity to it that we don’t get in praise and worship. Like praise simply can’t be telling God how wonderful He is, but giving ourselves to His will in song. This song struck me as doing that unintenionally. Giving isn’t only performing, although for some it might be,