Music

The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.

I recently (Okay it was like ten minutes ago) watched a movie called August Rush. I'm sure many of you have seen it. It's about a boy who was given up for adoption when he was born. He searches for his parents through his love and talent for music. I won't say anything more for those who haven't seen it.

But it got me thinking about some things. I'm really into music... have been all my life. I love listening to it, I love playing it, I love writing it. It used to really consume much of my life. I used to play in a band that was pretty good. I felt like we were going places. Maybe that was just my youthful, hopeful mind.

But it all fell apart. And it fell apart because we started focusing so much on ourselves so much and not on God. We started playing for our benefit and not for the glory of our Father. We were working on making our sound better and not making a joyful noise to the Lord.

This should never have been where we ended up. But it is. And we fell apart because of it. I'm not really sad that we did. It's hard to make a living playing tunes all your life. But it goes to show what happens when you take God out of the equation.

Philippians 4:13 says "I can do all things, through Christ who gives me strength." This is not our selfish things though. This is God's will for us. We can do all the things that God wills for us to do, but only with the strength of Jesus. I hope and pray that you remember that everyday. God is amazing.

Keep a song of God on your heart always.