Last Sunday, we were in charged for the Praise and Worship Team. With seven songs I could feel the presence of the holy spirit through us. While playing the guitar, I realized that music prepares the soul to receive the message of the Lord through our speakers. Serving the Lord through music has always been delighting and invigorating especially when I feel weary and exhausted from the everyday challenges of life. It just feels that all the weariness are being washed down as I pluck and strum the strings of my guitar.
Music is so powerful. It has the ability to stir a person's feelings or mood. Also, it helps a person to express words that are hard to speak out that's why we can tell quite easily if a person is happy or sad through the music he sings.In short, music is a simple tool of expression through notes.
It has always been used as a tool to worship God particularly David in his psalms. He has written many songs of praise for the God with which most of the new songs we are singing recently are derived from them.
However, music has evolved significantly over the years.Worldly music such as emo, hardcore,hip hop,rnb, with explicit lyrics have surfaced the earth for which it stirs the emotions of people into the wrong direction. Even songs to mock God has already existed nowadays. These music are provoking people to feel alone,wasted,unloved, hate, grudge and others which could lead them to destruction through suicide or murder.
Well, I was once an emo music lover for which it almost lead me to eternal darkness - suicide. All I ever thought after my heart was dumped by a girl was that I am always gonna be alone and sad with my entire life. Most emo feel this way because they think that they have the most miserable and gloomy life after the unsuccessful relationship with the one they love. They feel wasted, broken, and no longer worthy to live their lives that's why they usually end up in committing suicide using the razor blade to slice on their hand pulse.
Our God has invented music for a far better reason and we abused the true nature of it for He made it to make us come near to Him. Thus, He knows that people would love music for it brings joy and satisfaction. He made it to offer the original and everlasting - to become in harmony with Him. He wants us to enjoy music together as we walk each day of our life to remind us that we are not alone on this earth filled with hate,grudge,weariness,apathy and others that lead to destruction which the devil wants. The devil also knows our weakness so we must pay attention to the music we listen or sing.
If the music has the power to influence many people into darkness, then, you also have the power to save those lives of many and be transformed to a life worthy of living again.
Oh come! Let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
- Psalm 95:1photo credit: virginsuicide photography via photo pin cc
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