After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, (Revelation 19:1 ESV)
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16)
Today is the funeral for my wife's Grandma Dorothy. My girls have been asked to sing a couple of songs in honor of Grandma's life. They have been singing and singing and singing around the house in preparation for the event. And it got me thinking, how much do I practice for the event of being in the presence in Jesus?
The Psalms are filled full of exhortations to sing. Colossians encourages us to sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs in each others presence to God with thankfulness. And the great multitude in heaven are crying out Hallelujah!
What kind of music do you listen to? Do you listen to the type and kind of music that is filled with words that would help you to be prepared for being in heaven? When and if the Psalms are sung in heaven, will you know the words?
The type and style of music we listen to is very important. I shamefully grew up listening to hard core type rap, and heavy metal music. The lyrics from theses songs are still stuck in my head. There are many times, at the least appropriate time, a song pops into my mind that I wish I had never listened to before. None of these songs prepared me for worshipping Jesus. Sadly I was on track to be in the front row of a rock concert of Satan. I would have even paid for a tee shirt.
I still need to be more discerning in the music I listen to today. Maybe many of the songs even on KTIS are not the most theologically sound songs ever written, but I praise the Lord I won't be at a Danzig, Metallica, or a Two Live Crew concert anytime soon.
Practice, practice, practice; you don't know the day of tomorrow.
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