Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Rom. 12:1
Scandals abound in the area of worship music. Just this week we heard a worship song from an artist, and I said to my wife, "Wow, I haven't heard a song from him in ages." My wife googled him and found out he has now been sober for a year, which is great for him but bad for worship music in general. Worship music has far surpassed traditional contemporary music in popularity. If you look at YouTube views or monthly followers, you will see that groups like Hillsong or Elevation are much more viewed than the most popular traditional artists. Even our local Christian radio station changed its format from contemporary to worship.
Paul, in Romans 12:1, would seem to say that to sing songs of worship to God and not have a surrendered heart to Him which manifests itself in the way we live, Holy, obedient, Godly lifestyles - is non-sensical. I recently saw a video on YouTube which talked about 8 Christians in Hollywood and when I watched it I was shocked by the ones they included because from their lifestyles I had no idea. One of the most haunting verses in the Bible is Luke 6:46 where Jesus says, "Why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and not do what I say?" As we sing worship songs, most of which have the word "Lord" in them, are we being hypocritical?
Why the fascination with Worship music when our lives are telling the opposite story? Maybe it's because it is echoing where we want to be but we aren't and it's the cry of our hearts to get there or thanking God for the mercy shown to us while we mess up? I don't know, but let's start demonstrating true worship by living lives totally surrendered, obedient, righteous, and a stark contrast to the immorality around us.
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