When I was younger I listened to sweet comfort band and petra etc and I went to concerts with those groups as well...at the time I received a joy and praise of God that made me joyful. But later I went to keith green concerts and others with a more scripture based messages and a slower beat. Now, I was blessed by both, yet the second drew me into God's presence much more. The first style of bands were playing to the world to draw them to God with milk. The second was drawing Christians more to Himself with what I would call meat. To me it becomes priorities and what am I trying to accomplish in worship.
Music is for the Lord. Now music has an affect on us humans. I remember trying to memorize scripture in class and struggling...when I started "singing" them I picked it up much faster. Gods Word shows us Music educates, edifies, inspires, and unites.
Your choice of music can also affect your ability to accomplish tasks, and to learn. Two researcher's explored this relationship by studying the effects of music and rhythm on the nervous system of mice. For eight weeks, one group of mice constantly listened to Strauss Waltzes [for you rock buffs that's highly organized and orderly music- smile], while a second heard disharmonious sounds in the form of continuous drumbeats. A third group was raised in silence. After 8 weeks, the mice were placed in a maze to find food. The mice in the second group wandered off with no sense of direction--"a clear indication they were having trouble learning"--they took much longer than they had at the beginning of the study. The mice exposed to "Discordant sounds not only developed difficulties in learning and memory, ....but they also incurred structural changes in their brain cells." The researchers concluded: "We believe that the mice were trying to compensate for this constant bombardment of disharmonic noise....they were struggling against the chaos." So, in certain Genres we see the rhythm and beat, along with the words or messages presented, posing a possible chaotic affect.
By listening to such music we also prevent quiet moments. The human brain has only so much room to occupy certain thoughts at one time. These quiet moments allow us to think clearly and listen to the Spirit. In the "Screwtape Letters" a character named Screwtape represents Satan and tries to lead good souls to his cause. Screwtape says, "It is funny how mortals always picture us putting things in their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out."
In essence, Satan knows he does not always have to fill our minds with bad thoughts if he can keep us from focusing on things of the Spirit. If we listen to music constantly, and harsh music, at that, we may not have the quiet time we need for thinking, feeling, and receiving Spiritual guidance. And with that limited amount of brain storage we must pick a priority of what fills it. We should let the Spirit guide us in everything we do. And music is no exception. Whatever style God suggests is what we should allow. Music that moves me towards God is good. Music that edifies God in me is better.
Music is for the Lord. Now music has an affect on us humans. I remember trying to memorize scripture in class and struggling...when I started "singing" them I picked it up much faster. Gods Word shows us Music educates, edifies, inspires, and unites.
Your choice of music can also affect your ability to accomplish tasks, and to learn. Two researcher's explored this relationship by studying the effects of music and rhythm on the nervous system of mice. For eight weeks, one group of mice constantly listened to Strauss Waltzes [for you rock buffs that's highly organized and orderly music- smile], while a second heard disharmonious sounds in the form of continuous drumbeats. A third group was raised in silence. After 8 weeks, the mice were placed in a maze to find food. The mice in the second group wandered off with no sense of direction--"a clear indication they were having trouble learning"--they took much longer than they had at the beginning of the study. The mice exposed to "Discordant sounds not only developed difficulties in learning and memory, ....but they also incurred structural changes in their brain cells." The researchers concluded: "We believe that the mice were trying to compensate for this constant bombardment of disharmonic noise....they were struggling against the chaos." So, in certain Genres we see the rhythm and beat, along with the words or messages presented, posing a possible chaotic affect.
By listening to such music we also prevent quiet moments. The human brain has only so much room to occupy certain thoughts at one time. These quiet moments allow us to think clearly and listen to the Spirit. In the "Screwtape Letters" a character named Screwtape represents Satan and tries to lead good souls to his cause. Screwtape says, "It is funny how mortals always picture us putting things in their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out."
In essence, Satan knows he does not always have to fill our minds with bad thoughts if he can keep us from focusing on things of the Spirit. If we listen to music constantly, and harsh music, at that, we may not have the quiet time we need for thinking, feeling, and receiving Spiritual guidance. And with that limited amount of brain storage we must pick a priority of what fills it. We should let the Spirit guide us in everything we do. And music is no exception. Whatever style God suggests is what we should allow. Music that moves me towards God is good. Music that edifies God in me is better.
