Song Choice

Ephesians 5:19 “...speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord…” ~CSB

When I was younger, I heard someone say, ‘Music is universal’. Some time after that I watched a movie called, ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’. In this movie, an alien spaceship was able to communicate with earth through notes played on a keyboard. You know being a kid, I couldn’t help but think that there may be some truth to the ‘saying’.

As I grew older, I began to recognize that music in general would be responsible for some of the moods we get in. For example, when we fall in love, the best music would be some of the great ballads during the time we grew up. For me it would be Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass or Peabo Bryson. There were songs that made you cry, hate and even fall more into depression. Music plays a role in increasing or decreasing our moods.

When it comes to our relationship with God, our song choice can be completely different. We don’t have to rely on a song written, produced or even sung by someone else because God already has that song written for us. We just have to make the choice to receive it. That song is written in our hearts as we journey in this life. A song with a verse about our trials. A verse that explains our struggles. And those verses will lead to a chorus that will sing out our redemption, salvation and transformation. 

When this has run its course, we will sing that song out loud. It will be a praise to God on how He has delivered us from all the devil tries to take from us. That song that was uniquely written for us before our transformation, will be our testimony. And don’t get it twisted, it will be a song that chooses us. And this song will only manifest if we allow ourselves to be chosen. 

And after we have received that spiritual unique song in our hearts, we can go out and make disciples as the Word says we should. By sharing the praises of God to all who cross our paths. Using the situations of pain and struggle in song, mixed with God’s saving grace and power in delivering us from evil, as the text says, “...speaking to one another in Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs…making music with our hearts to the Lord…” 

May God continue to keep you in His love, protection, power and healing as you journey in Jesus name.

Amen

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