Shout! For The Lord…
Does praise and worship open our ears, our eyes and our heart to receive the Word of God? Is music, song, necessary for the Truth, the Way and the Life to be found? Are they inseparable?
If we look at what happened at Jericho we see “the band” led the way. The horns were sent in to march around the city for seven days and then they were to blow a mighty sound. This was proceeded by Joshua speaking, the warriors giving a loud shout to the Lord and the walls fell.
Then on the seventh day they rose early at the dawning of the day and marched around the city in the same manner seven times; only on that day they marched around the city seven times. At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city. ~ Joshua 6:15-16 NASB95
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The words praise and worship actually have nothing to do with music, song or singing. Both words mean to glorify, to honor, to extol, to show reverence.
Does listening to Christian songs, songs that specifically speak of Jesus, God, worship, Savior, Light, Lord, and the list goes on, do these songs speak to us in ways that opens our hearts that make us to hear the Word of God more easily? It may help. Does the phrase “music soothes the savage beast” play a part in our hearts, minds and soul opening to the Word of God more easily?
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. ~ John 1:1-2 NASB95
We read these words and ask ourselves what we ask. These may be some of the most important Words in the Holy Bible. We could sit in these Words the rest of our lives and discover new things every hour, every day, every year for the remainder of our days. The beauty of God and His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior are enveloped in these 24 words. The entirety of all that was, all that is and all that is come is right there.
All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. ~ John 1:3-5 NASB95
The other part of the Good News is in the proceeding 45 Words we learn that Jesus Christ is for us, in us, before us and around us. Jesus Christ is us, we are He. The Light shines in our heart and it invades the darkness through our hearts as Jesus confounds the darkness with His presence in us.
Either the Scripture is the divine Word of God teaching us how to live and how to be a reflection of Him, or it’s nothing more than a historical account of events.
