Waist Deep 2018 - January 13



Exodus 15: 1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted.” (NIV)


There’s something magical that happens when the words and music go together.*


Music is one of God’s best creations, but when it is used to praise him, well, that just takes it to another level.  A song, like this one, that is motivated by the very thought of his character makes me long for heaven and to be in his presence forever. 

I have always believed that music alone, without lyrics, is neutral – without power to provoke good or bad. I might be wrong about that. I can think of one wordless composition that I feel with my ears and my heart. Throughout history, armies have used bugles, bagpipes, fifes, and drums to rally the troops. No doubt there are musical arrangements that have been used to incite people to evil as well.

Music, like all of God’s best stuff, has been hijacked by Satan for his own twisted purposes. How thrilled he must be when God’s people are so divided over it. Congregations have split over music – not because they disagreed over the message but over nothing more than personal taste. The solution to the debate about music styles in church lies in our having the heart of Christ – and that’s all I’m going to say about that!

So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty?
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me*


Heaven is revealed to earth as the homeland of music.*

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