Jan
20
2011
Worship

Worship Talks – Can a Non ‘Worship’ Song be Worshipful?

Author An article by Brent Chavez    Comments 3 Comments

Hello, my name is Brent, and I have a confession to make: I have secular music on my iPod. *Phew*, it feels good to get that off my chest. As silly as it sounds, this is something that I struggled with for a while after dedicating my life to Christ. I felt that in order to fully immerse myself in Christ, I needed to create an environment for myself where music that was NOT about Jesus didn’t exist. I threw out all my non-Christian CD’s and deleted all those pesky MP3′s as well. It was a load off my conscience, and my hard drive. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t regret that intense stage of my life, I think every step of the journey has brought me closer and closer to learning who Christ is, and who He wants me to be. I think sometimes as Christians we have the tendency to feel the need to distance ourselves from everything and everyone that isn’t more Christ-like than we are. If that were truly what God wanted, then who among us could grow? I don’t know that I would have come to Christ if it weren’t for people loving and pouring into me when I was very far from Him. In my time writing this blog, there have been moments when I really wanted to share a song, but it wasn’t a ‘worship’ song, so I hesitated. There have certainly been times in my life where God has spoken to me through songs that don’t mention His name, and I would guess that I’m not the only one. Music has an amazing power that few other art forms carry, there’s something in the way God wired us that responds to melody. So what do you think? Has anyone else out there ‘purged’ their music collection before? I guess the big question I have, is can a non ‘worship’ song be worshipful??

  • http://twitter.com/MichaelFelch Michael Felch

    Jesus said.. “purge all your music and come follow me” .. ok.. so maybe he didnt really say that but it would be crazy if he did. I purged my collection but I had to. Not because it was secular but because it influenced me in an opposite direction. I have plenty of secular music now but I am careful what I choose to listen to.. Heck I even have some Christian music that promotes pride, selfish status, “Gods blessing of big rims”. I dont listen to it because even though it drops the JC bomb it doesnt mean its healthy for me. The last thing I need to do is think of Jesus as someone who gives me 24″ rims so that I can sit high while I promote prosperity.. Yuck!

  • http://www.c-rev.com/blog Brent Chavez

    Hahaha, that’s awesome man! Totally!

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