I Believe In Mount Calvary

If a thought comes to mind all of a sudden, it's best if I write it down right away, because I really will lose the idea if I'm not careful. So, here I am, sitting at the piano, singing songs to myself, and the words just got to me.
Do you ever catch yourself singing a song at worship and because you know every single word, every single note by heart, you just sing it nonchalantly? Are you JUST singing the words, or are you REALLY thinking about the words you're saying and the thoughts you're proclaiming? I find myself JUST singing sometimes, and since I can read music, that makes it worse, because I get too caught up in trying to get every note and measure perfect. But then I realize the words I'm singing aloud. Do I TRULY believe in what I'm vocalizing? Am I taking the words to heart or am I simply making sound with my vocal chords? Basically that's what I'm doing if I don't wholeheartedly understand and mean when I sing to the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY. If I don't mean what I'm saying, then to Him I am just a noisy gong and a clanging cymbal!
So as I sat here in the living room humming a song, I got to thinking about the lyrics:

I BELIEVE IN A HILL CALLED MOUNT CALV'RY,
I'LL BELIEVE WHATEVER THE COST;
AND WHEN TIME HAS SURRENDERED AND EARTH IS NO MORE,
I'LL STILL CLING TO THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS.

Although the tune to this song is really pretty, if you you really stop to listen, the whole thought is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! These are words of PROMISES, DEVOTION, COMMITMENT, and LOYALTY! How many of us TRULY mean it when we sing, "I'll believe WHATEVER THE COST"? I hope we all would, but sadly that's not necessarily the case. How many of us, if the day came when being a Christian meant you were to be put to death, would keep proclaiming His word, continue singing His praise, and if it came down to it, GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR CHRIST?
This is important. If I truly BELIEVED in something, I shouldn't be weak enough to back down because I am afraid. "If God be for us, who can be against us?" REALLY! And besides, by someone killing us for being a follower of Christ, God is GAINING a saint in heaven! There really is no loss at all.
So my point is this: When we sing a song to the God and Creator of it all, we should MEAN what we are saying. And secondly, we should most definitely, as soldiers of Christ, be SO devoted, fully committed to Him, that we are able to still believe -- "whatever the cost; and when time has surrendered and earth is no more, [we'll] still cling to that old rugged cross."
Have a blessed day, y'all!