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My heart, O God, is steadfast,
my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and make music.
Psalm 57:7
New International Version (NIV)
One of the truly wonderful gifts that God has provided us is the gift of music. I've often maintained that music is the language of God. We hear the sound of music throughout nature and now radio astronomy has indicated that even from the depths of space something akin to music is being transmitted from the stars. In the Book of Job (38:7) reference is made to the stars singing together--this written long before the more recent discoveries of astronomy.
Music--in the more traditional sense--represents order, harmony, and emotion. The sounds of music can bring us to tears or incite us into action. The structuring of sounds into a framework that we can define as music is a miracle in some sense. Though music has become so commonplace in our lives, it is still amazing to consider how music can move us in so many ways, evoking memories as well as raising hopes for the future.
To my thinking music is a wondrous element of our existence that embodies so much that is spiritual and good. Now, this is not to say that man hasn't corrupted some of this wondrous gift to create blasphemous and evil music. Sometimes the lyrical content of songs is far from Godly and expresses vile sentiments, but this is the way of the things of this world. At it's core music is a good thing.
One day we will hear nothing but good music that is worthy of being played and sung in the presence of God. When I hear a song or a musical work that lifts me a bit higher toward heaven that's when I believe that I am hearing the voice of God speaking through beautifully organized sound.
Music--in the more traditional sense--represents order, harmony, and emotion. The sounds of music can bring us to tears or incite us into action. The structuring of sounds into a framework that we can define as music is a miracle in some sense. Though music has become so commonplace in our lives, it is still amazing to consider how music can move us in so many ways, evoking memories as well as raising hopes for the future.
To my thinking music is a wondrous element of our existence that embodies so much that is spiritual and good. Now, this is not to say that man hasn't corrupted some of this wondrous gift to create blasphemous and evil music. Sometimes the lyrical content of songs is far from Godly and expresses vile sentiments, but this is the way of the things of this world. At it's core music is a good thing.
One day we will hear nothing but good music that is worthy of being played and sung in the presence of God. When I hear a song or a musical work that lifts me a bit higher toward heaven that's when I believe that I am hearing the voice of God speaking through beautifully organized sound.
James 1:17
New International Version (NIV)
