Sunday, November 27, 2011

Worship Welcome Mat

How do you invite the Lord in? Do you usher Him in with a farse, coonery version of worship or an authentic Christ-focused warm welcome? Before I unveil my position on worship, excuse me if I sound culturally biased and a bit racist of sorts but my belief still remains. Growing up in a baptist setting, my predisposition towards african-american/gospel music was established as a bass line in my soul. I'm guilty of tapping my foot and bobbing my head to the soulful sounds embedded in the gospel genre. The chasm arrives when an artist begins to spew out lyrics that divide my attention. Singing about your feelings, secular beliefs, misled "truths", hatred towards satan and blessings you're entitled to- to me- don't constitute as an "aroma" that invites One in. It certainly isn't edifying, nor adoring. I added the above video as a symbol of how Contemporary Christian music has served as a model of bringing the Psalms alive! Song after song is steeped in Spirit-inspired words that seem to be Old Testament verbage laced with melodic and harmonious tunes. What more could God be pleased with and feel adored and edified when His very Word is repeated back to Him massaging the essence of His character? I see Him sitting back in his Righteous Jealousy grinning as the worshipper is caught up in voicing (thus meditating on) His word in song. What an invitation for Him to embrace them in their emotions and evoke Him to move in their situations. My gospel artist- is it too much to ask that you take time and develop a genuine relationship with the Lord? Possibly get discipled, under the tutelage of a Bible teaching church and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into truth? Shoot...just open up the Psalms! I'm fed up with the "feel-good" music. I'm offended that we as a people are more caught up in what sounds good rather than what inclines the ear of God. I realize this doesn't apply to ALL of you...but our people need truth in their worship. They need to focus less on the moment of worship and more in Who desires to be worshipped. Until then...Selah!

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