God’s Way or My Way?

I can just imagine the Elvis fans now coming here now after the recent upheavel with Michael Jackson. Hear me now: I LOVED Elvis. He was great at what he did. I still get goose bumbs when I hear that beautiful voice. But goosebumps mean nothing other than something appeals to your soul, not the Spirit. I hope some day I will see Elvis standing before the throne of God singing, worshipping the One true God in all purity and sanctification.

This post is to show us, to help us to begin discerning NOW how the enemy of our souls uses music to deceive us.

It was done in the day of Nebuchadnezzar.

4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “This is what you are commanded to do, O peoples, nations and men of every language: 5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

7 Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations and men of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Daniel 3: 4-7

I suspect anti-christ– whoever he may be– will use music and song to try and make us one with him at some point.

Music is a very powerful agent. It can be hypnotic and can induce an altared state.

This songs’ melody is absolutely beautiful. But I would like for to watch it and listen to the words very closely. Should we be doing things our way, or God’s way?

How do we know when something is being done our way or God’s way? If something points to the truth of the gospel and to Jesus, we can be certain it is God’s way.

See, the thing with music is it can draw us into an emotional realm where God may not want us to go. When that happens, the lyrics of a song begin to take over because the music itself can be so hautingly beautiful it brings our defenses down.

If you believe this, I promise you will never ever begin to listen to this song again the way you may have been used to. It glorifies the achievments of man instead of glorifying God. It is a song of pride in spite of it’s beauty.

Beloved, test all things. Even those things pleasant to the ears. Satan comes as an angel of light. Let nothing–no matter how good it sounds or appears– deceive you.