The beauty of worship music

I love music. I listen to ballads, they are poems with music playing along. They tell a story. Maybe one of hurt; maybe a painful childhood; maybe a love relationship went wrong. The stories build a picture of life. One is Adele’s Hello, where she tells of a relationship that went wrong. She tells her friend she is sorry for what she had done. She speaks of a relationship that she misses, that she was fond of, that was free of all the burdens of life. She speaks of times and memories that she wished she had again. Ballads often capture life journeys; they are slow and draw on feelings, because life never always moves at a quick pace. Life is slow, rigorous, painful, joyful and leaves a mark. And then there is the pop music: it is like a bottle of champagne. It pops, fizzles and then… that is about it. And so pop music enables us to pop and fizzle, and then pop and fizzle. You cannot pop and fizzle all your life. We need pop, and we need ballads. But above all we need worship.

I love worship music. I must listen to worship music everyday; not as a ritual but as an experience I must have. I listen to the lyrics and the music, and it opens my heart like a non-Christian ballad and pop music cannot. I am not only moved by the words, I am moved by the instruments. I am hungry for a place like Elisha was in 2 Kings 3:15 when he was in need for the hand of God to be laid upon him to give him heavenly guidance. He asked for a minstrel: “But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.” We all need a minstrel. We all need the hand of God. Worship music is our minstrel today. We can listen to all the ballads and all the pop – but the minstrel connects us, and draws the hand of God to cover us and saturate us as we go along and allow Him, such that we are filled and He flows out. That is what worship songs do to me. I pray you allow those songs to bring God’s hands into your life in a powerful way today. It is in such a place you discover that God has got it covered. You discover that the battle is not yours. You sense the love of God. You sense His closeness. You sense His presence. You sense His truth.

Now I must ask this: can an intentionally sinful heart ask for a minstrel? No! There must be repentance first; there must be a contrite heart. Psalm 51:17 says The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. God cannot deny a broken spirit and a contrite heart. With these and a playing minstrel – expect the mighty hand of God in your life. Amen.

Linda Faith

Linda faith is the Editor in Chief of Jewels Magazine. She has authored eight books. She is a prolific writer and powerful speaker, inspiring many women to be all God has called them to be. She is the founder of Joy Women’s conference which reaches out to empower, inspire and motivate women in their faith walk. She was a software developer before she started writing.