Music.

Music really is a very influential thing. There are so many words, types, genres, sounds, and words you can put into music. You can paint a picture in your mind without a word. It captivates us in so many ways... and an interesting thing is that you can never really find a person in the world that just absolutely despises music. God created music so that we would have another beautiful way to fellowship with him and worship him.

Even nowadays a lot of people who are out there looking for their identity can relate to some of the music that's out. (Apparently you don't have to do anything to be a celebrity now, because all people are looking for is an image, not beautiful, passionate literary and musical work. Look at Beethoven and then look at Lil' Wayne. Who was more popular, but who was more passionate about their work?)
Most music should have passion, but there are a lot of writers and artists who have no passion whatsoever or sharing their heart and words with the world. Those are fake artists that are there for an image. If there isn't passion in the music or the lyrics, it could because people focus on the surface of life and block out truth because if they go beneath the surface they're afraid they'll get hurt. It's why people get high, too... It's an identity crisis.

I remember before I became more passionate about Jesus how I would search and search for music filled with lyrics I could take hold of and connect with. A lot of the lyrics and songs by the band Linkin Park were very very captivating to me, because what they said and sang about I could connect to, and can occasionally still find myself connecting to many of their lyrics and other secular bands. Many people stereotype this, especially Christians, but there isn't anything WRONG with secular music, and it does not under circumstances mean you're less of a Christian than someone who doesn't listen to it. It may not benefit spiritual growth and if you listen to and feed yourself with the wrong thing then it could actually put you off track, but prioritizing the eternal is definitely a must and as long as we're doing that and not stumbling off course then we're okay.

The way we connect to lyrics of the music we hear is a natural thing because this almost coincides with things of the spirit- how we connect in prayer and how when we're all in a room on one accord singing and worshiping God- a connection. We were MADE to flow.

And God is raising up the musicians in our generation to sing with a passion eternity's song.
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