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“Yes…I believe you!” I think that is the greatest compliment you can give a singer or performer. It’s great to win awards and receive standing ovations night after night, and maybe even have them running up and down the aisles, but to have someone come up to you and tell you that they believe what you are singing about is, in my opinion, the greatest compliment one can receive. For someone to sing with such conviction and emotion, that they MAKE you believe what they are singing about is an art and in some cases, simply a God given talent. You can sing like the angels, have the best-trained voice in the world and do everything “just right”, but if you don’t have that final “believability” element, it’s the opinion of this writer, that you have failed as a communicator. That may be a strong statement for me to make, but I believe it with everything that is within me.

Now I am not talking about dramatic theatrics or taking your audience on an emotional roller coaster by crying and screaming and jumping up and down, but there is a certain dynamic or believability that separates certain singers. This element shines through loud and clear in their voice and delivery. Unless you can sing with passion and believability, you’re just singing a song, instead of living the song.

Dottie Rambo once wrote a song that said, “You will have to live the song before you know.” How can someone sing and successfully communicate the message unless you’ve lived the song? How can you effectively sing about heartaches, when you’ve never really experienced it? How can you sing about the love and passion of Christ, when you have no personal knowledge of that relationship? You have to live it before you can sing about it. You can’t sing about having joy unspeakable and full of glory, unless you have it yourself.

You’ve heard the expression, “Sing it like you mean it” or “Sing it from your heart.” I believe that is what sets apart someone who just sings a song from someone who is a singer. Anyone can sing a song, but it takes that something special to be a singer, a communicator. I’d pay big money to hear a singer, but I wouldn’t go across the street just hear someone sing a song. When I leave a concert, I go back in my mind over the concert and think, “Did they convince me with their music? Do I believe them?” Sometimes, the answer is yes, and sometimes the answer is a resounding no!

Before I close, let me make one thing very clear. I am not calling into question anyone’s spirituality or their salvation, just their ability to communicate their message effectively. This is the gospel…we have something exciting and real to say. We need to sing it like we mean it, and convey that message as effectively and yes…as passionately as we possibly can. So when people leave our concerts, they too can say, “YES…I believe you!”

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