Controlling Music
Good Morning,
I guess all of us have been in a situation when music was turned on, and we saw a toddler start bouncing to the rhythm. Music affects people. Try an experiment; mute the volume during the next movie chase scene and see how exciting the movie is. You will find it suddenly becomes very boring. The same can be said for most commercials; an acceptable commercial becomes a group of stupidly-dressed imbeciles acting as if they were having spastic seizures.
It is difficult to imagine someone who is not aware of the non-stop presence of music in our world. With a small amount of logic and thought, any rational person would be aware of the power and influence of music in our world. In any primitive tribe or sex-and-drug gathering place like Woodstock or Haight Ashbury, the music ingredient will be dominant.
We have watched old western films with Indians dancing around fires or heard old jungle stories where natives use drugs, wear only a few clothes, and dance to a pounding rhythm without a melody. If you were a music person, someone could say jazz and it will produces an entire ambience. If they said blues, you will see a different mental picture. This also works with ragtime, big band, rock ‘n’ roll, modern rap, and similar sounds that entered our world the last fifty years.
Music moves people.
1 Samuel 16:23 “And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.”
The above text shows how music affects the body, mind, and spirit.
We will rarely find a group of young people sitting around drinking beer or smoking pot unless music is playing. Religious groups have their own style of music, and different ethnic groups also have music that sprouted from their culture. The big question is how influential is the music?
I believe that music is a tool in Satan‘s pile of weapons to use against people. I believe Satan uses certain music to draw people into rebellion, drugs, immorality, and much more. The gangster clothing styles, gang signs, and world of drug, sex, and violence all go together – and they all have a certain sound.
Simply put, you should know what kind of music is infiltrating your child’s mind. The music on video games, in cartoons, and on children’s toys are all places where music is introduced into the life of a child. Parents should not only be aware but also be willing to veto certain music. I watched one of our adult children take the batteries out of a toy that played wrong music; another time, the same child disabled one feature of a toy that played garbage music - music matters!
As a teenager, my daughter had a radio/cd player in her room. One day the radio was on a classical music station, and I did not simply say, “Shut the radio off,” I met the need. I told her I would buy her any classical CDs that she wanted, but I was not going to allow the radio to control what she heard. I am in control of the CDs I allow in my children’s rooms; I cannot control a radio, Internet, YouTube, or other podcasts.
Music will move your children spiritually, physically, and mentally. Determine to take control of the music in your world because it will be a tool of Satan or tool of God.
Pastor