Music.
We are drawn to it. The Lord has created us to worship. Isn't it evident in our culture though? Everyone is worshiping something or someone. It is so true. Look at what you spend your time doing? You worship something.
Let's be honest we worship all kinds of things. I think we need to more properly examine idols in our lives and not be so quick to laugh at the stories in the bible.
We look at the story of the Golden Calf and easily can wonder how in the world the people could so quickly forget about worshiping the God of the ages, the God who had delievered them out of Egypt. Split the Red Sea, provided mana from heaven, and allowed water to spring out of rocks. This God.. the only one worthy of worship was quickly put aside and was replaced with a calf formed out of metal.
We worship, facebook, computers, beauty, cars, sports, books, magazines, etc. You name it.. but think about it. We feel like we can some how justify that it is different than a Golden Calf..
a golden calf seems just out there. and weird .. like they couldn't find anything better to worship?
But if you strip down the things we worship in our society.. it is much more similiar than we realize.
Facebook? Computer? that is metal. with some weird form of connection in space haha i don't even know.
Magazines? paper and a bunch of lies. (now when i say magazine I am not talking about you are in the place of .. you actually like the people and want to catch up on the hottest trends and who is engaged to who. I am not referring to "those" people who actually care about it. I mean even if you just find entertainment in it. Like to see how foolish people are.) I believe that is just feeding a greater evil. Put it down. Meditate on whatever is holy, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely. forget the junk .. don't glorify it even for your "entertainments" sake. Dear Lord same thing with the television.
Do not watch stupid shows to entertain yourself. I think we all are aware enough to realize that we don't actually like or agree with most of the shows on t.v. We just watch it because it is fun to see how dumb people are.
stop it. Don't continue to worship them. When we enable the media to continue to profit off of wickedness and immorality we are in agreement with it!
This tangent is all leading to a point i promise. It comes back to worship. We see the life of a celebrity. More often than not. It will end in disaster. Simply because of one reason.
Humans cannot be worshipped.
God is the only one who can handle being worshiped. (please excuse my grammar.. i don't care about right now.. worshiped worshipped.. who cares.)
God is the only one .. who has a capacity to be worshiped.
Humans will fail. We cannot handle it.
It goes to our head.. and you are setting someone up for distruction by setting them on a pedalstool equal or higher than God.
Anyway.. I look at the America and because of the abundant resources and comfort that we possess we can be passionate about ANYTHING. There is nothing holding us back.
I think it is an example of our raw desire. "If we could have anything in the world what would it be? If we could find delight in anything in the world.. what would it be?"
In the United States we have been able to ask ourselves those questions with no limit to the answer. Anything you want.. your delight can be created.
I firmly believe that we (overall as a society) have decided music is the most important thing to us. Or most of us. The coolest, most admired, lusted after, and coveted people in our society are Musicians.
I am making a statement.. maybe it is a generalization. I might be completely wrong. But overall. (IN THIS GENERATION) I believe it is music that people delight in than anything else.
There are many styles and genres as there are people. Whatever you taste in music is. Chances are you can log onto itunes and find it.
So here is my point.
How do we reach Generation? How do we display the Love of Christ to people in such a way that they grab hold of it and want to know the Lord? I think one major way we can do this is through the place of Music.
Music is clearly a part of everyones life. And for good reason! It was created. (yes! created!) By God, and For God. created. placed inside of you.. a longing to sing. a longing to express yourself. It is God Given!!
Now think about this. I am not trying to be legalistic here. Bare with me.
If music was created for the sole purpose of worship then I believe we would stand in agreement that not all of the Music that is being sung, rapped about, screamo-ed about, is all glorifying the Lord. But that music too, (if we stand in agreement that music was created for the purpose of worship) infact is worshiping the enemy.
Just a little bible history for you.
Lucifer was the head angel of worship .. he got prideful wanted to be worshiped.
God (big awesome baller God) was like uhm not up in here. I walk on fire and control all of the universe. there is again.. NO ROOM for anyone or anything else to be worshiped. THE GREAT I AM . THE LORD. BEGINNING AND THE END ALPHA AND THE OMEGA. I am to be worshiped.
you, lucifer, whom I created, you are not to even be thought of worshiped. In fact, you cannot even handle being worshiped. it will lead to pride and destroy you. (seeing the similarity here?)
We can look at the Character of the Lord. Good, gracious, holy, and set apart. He knows that his glory cannot be shared. its too great. it would only corrupt someone if they couldn't handle it.
Kinda reminds me of a part of Lord of the rings when that girl elf like freaks our on frodo? remember with the pool of water? she is like i CANNOT take the ring.
That elf queen knew that she already had power. If she had anymore then she would be overtaken with it.
Goodness this is why these blogs are so long is cause i start talking about lord of the rings.. ugh
okay so i hope i have conveyed this properly.
God is the only one who can be worshipped because anyone else who is will be corrupted by it.
So again back to music being created to worship god. Lucifer.. was thrown down from heaven.. he is the devil if you didn't know.
and he is still determined to be worshipped.
and guess what.
He is being worshipped.
There is absolutely music that is being poured into hell.. i believe it. He is being worshipped. in a sick twisted.. and failed copy of God way.
Again im not saying burn all your music. Just be aware.. are you glorfying the Lord or something else.
Now here is the exciting part!
I was created to worship!!! So as followers of Christ this is what we do. We live lives of worship unto the Lord. I have the most to sing about, as a follower of Christ. I have the most to sing about!
I have been saved. I have eternal life.
And the Lord is so holy and worthy beyond comprehension.. that all i can do before him is worship.
it is proper of me to do so.
I believe and want to see a group of young people so consumed with the Lord that intimacy abounds in their hearts and minds. I want to see out of the place of sitting at Jesus's feet we hear HIS heart for his people. For his children who are distant from him.
He wants to call them home it is evident.
Now as followers of Christ this is our Job. to help, content for a generation in the place of pray and ministry to bring his children home. So we have talents.. different talents that have been given to us by God. Music. it is one of those talents that we do not want to stand before the Lord and say oops sorry i buried it!
What if we could hear the sounds of Heaven!? Oh what if we could hear the songs being sung in the holy room.. wow. in the courts of the Lord. I can only imagine the noises and harmonies that are being sung up there! out of this world.
We need to hear Gods voice and heart for his people. Would we acknowledge what the place of worship is? We BRING heaven to earth in the place of worship.
WE join with the angels! Something much larger than ourselves. We are literally doing the same thing in the place of worship that is happening in heaven. RIGHT NOW. Anytime you stop and sing to the Lord you are doing something heavenly!!
There are elders 24/7 saying holy, holy, holy, holy,
bowing down before the Lord and looking back up and receiveing NEW revelation of who God is.
They see new Glory every single time they look up.
do NOT think you will be bored in heaven. it is going to be revelation after revelation of who the Lord is.
compare it to this. you are in love with your .. spouse. oh this is great. i love comparing things of heaven and putting them on earthly standards.
okay so i am going to put it this way.
It would be like me, looking at my husband, and EVERY single time I see him, i see another incredible feature about him. Another muscle, another facial expression, and it is always good! Always a good feature. I would be falling more and more in love with him every second. its like every time i turn around DANG you are looking better and better!
okay grasp that feeling too.. the butterflies.. the melting feeling. times A MILLION KAZILLION.
the Lord is an unknowable God. yet he is knowable in a small capacity. and we have eternity to learn and find out about it.
So now that you understand it will be constant revelation of the Lords splendor, majesty and goodness.. DONT YOU THINK.. hahah
don't you just begin to say to youself.. oh if we could only hear the praises in heaven and bring them to earth.
I want my generation, my peers, my friends, my loved ones to know the God i serve. I WANT AND EVEN DEMAND THAT STEREOTYPES of my BELOVED Jesus would be BROKEN and that people would being to see him for who he TRULY is.
That they would see him with unveiled eyes. .. eyes that have been enlightened by the power of the Holy Spirit.. to grasp how wide and high and deep is the love of christ.
this God who went to hell and back to save our souls. literally.
This is the God I serve. know him.
I want to hear the sounds of heaven and bring them to earth. to draw his children in.
Be inspired.
incline you ear to hear the sounds of angels.
Learn to hear his heart for his people. For such a time as this you are hear.
Sing to him! Sing to your God! Sing to your creator. He is longing to hear your creative voice.
I even prophecy right now. That new heavenly inspired songs will consume our generation and that we would usher a generation of people into the holy courts of the lord.
isn't that an incredible thing. WE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
sing to your lover.
