Worship in motion. This is how I honor Him, one word at a time.
Everyone has seen the image of the painter, his hand steady, his brush flowing with color, while an unseen hand above guides him. It’s a powerful picture of divine inspiration, of creativity being something more than skill, something sacred.
For me, that image isn’t holding a brush. It’s typing at a keyboard or holding a pen, surrounded by music that moves something deep inside of me.
When the melody rises, so do my thoughts. When the rhythm shifts, so does the flow of my words. My worship doesn’t look like a raised hand or a microphone. It looks like a blank page slowly filling with truth, testimony, and the quiet whisper of God’s presence.
Writing is how I process what God is doing in and around me. It’s how I respond when I feel His nearness, or even when I feel the silence. Some people dance. Some paint. Some sing. I write.
Music doesn’t just fill the background. It becomes the atmosphere where my soul gets honest. It reminds me of who God is and who I am because of Him. It sparks memory, insight, longing. It calls out the parts of my story I didn’t even know needed telling.
When I write while worship music plays, I’m not multitasking. I’m surrendering.
I’m offering my gift back to the Giver.
I’m saying, “Here’s what You’ve done in me. Let me tell it.”
It’s not about being eloquent. It’s about being available.
This is the artistic part of me that not everyone sees, the quiet place where God meets me at the intersection of rhythm and revelation. Where the music lifts my spirit and the words pour out like prayer.
It’s my altar. It’s my worship.
And it’s one of the most honest ways I know how to honor Him.
All for His glory, always.
—Joanna Lynn
Song of Day:
Way Maker
Credits
The song “Way Maker” was originally written and performed by Nigerian gospel singer-songwriter Sinach (Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu), released as a single on December 30, 2015
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