Please Don't Stop that Music!

I love music! When I listen to it, I feel as though my soul is expressed in a way that I am not equipped to verbalize. I wonder if music causes the neurons in your brain to respond in the same way that other addictive substances do? It would be interesting to look into on a different day.

Some people argue against music because it does have so much power of the human psych. True, a song can sway even the most enduring of minds under the proper conditions. A song can break you down, build you up, give strength, plant hope, comfort, and a song can at times be one’s only companion when facing grief. Songs produce joy and express indescribable emotions.

If I had to say I have an addiction to something, music would be the thing. As soon as I admit my love affair, my first thought turns to God. Do I love my God more than I love my music or do I use my music as a substitute for the intimacy that I long for with my Lord?

Why do my convictions always find me in my ecstasy? Truly, if I never heard another song again, I’d be more entranced by the rhythm of my God’s love than any serenade I’ve ever been romanced or captivated by.

Even still, I’m pretty sure God likes music too. Otherwise He would never have admitted that he dances over us in Zephaniah. He would have never told us to write songs to Him. He would not admit that he enjoys it.

I love my sweet Jesus, and I’m so blessed by the music that He has enabled us to create and enjoy before Him :D.