Thursday, December 2, 2010

Modern Worship or Hymns of the Faith?

Worship music has always been a sensitive topic. People preferring one genre over the other: Modern worship vs. Hymns of the Faith. Too loud vs. Too Dead. Old stuff, new stuff. Drums, no drums. Dancing or no dancing. Or... "Our church has a young generation, and it won't relate to that stuff.", vs. "Our church has the mature, wiser, and older generation. They give tithes, so we need to cater to them."

If we start to focus our energy, and give our worship to the One who deserves our worship, then the previous paragraph will not be an issue. It will never exist.

We forget so easily why we do these things. We forget so easily why these songs were written, and who it was written for. If we can just remember that worship is NOT ABOUT US, BUT ABOUT JESUS CHRIST, then we won't have these petty arguments of selfish 'preferences.' Instead, we'll focus on who we are worshipping.

Worship music is just a tiny part of the giant picture of True Worship. The worship of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.