Music is a powerful expression of individualism. It is a gift from our Creator that can bridge the communication gap between, tribes, tongues, nations, and generations that intelligence and other mediums can not. Like any gift, we can hoard it for ourselves — or give it away. We can make it self-serving and pervert it. Or, we can create healing songs that can bring relief to the depressed and melancholy. We can create temporal, manipulative songs that manufacture emotional connections that eventually get lost in reality. Or, we can create eternal spiritual songs that build up faith in the heart of every believer and encourages them to live out their love for God and their neighbor. “I desire to write songs that do the later.” Nonetheless, music is just one tool, one method, one practice to help us worship. Music is not worship. Obedience to Christ’s commands is worship. “Loving God and love one another” is our worship’s ultimate testimony.
Holy Father,
Help me to always know that You are the focus and object of my worship, not a song, or a melody, or what I do. You alone are worthy of my praise. To You be all honor, glory, power, and thanksgiving through Christ our Lord, forever and ever! Amen.