Saturday, May 23, 2015
What goes in must come out.....EVENTUALLY
We always here many times that what we see and hear can effect us mentally. But, is that really possible? Take music for example. When I was a bit younger, I used to listen to A LOT of rap music. The lyrics to those songs I listened to included lots of vulgar and I eventually could not stop cursing. Everything that I heard was reflected in the words that I spoke out of my mouth. Music has a unique effect on us. It can effect us mentally (listening to a break up song and feeling super down/broken hearted), and also spiritually by taking us deeper in to the world. The words of the songs can also influence you. Now I'm not saying that you shouldnt listen to secular music because I listen to it when I workout/need a boost of energy. Just be careful to what your ears hear and if it's effecting you negatively, change it. Try something that is more encouraging, especially something that pushes a deeper relationship with Christ!
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect ( Romans 12:2 ESV). A good verse that backs up what you said. If we are doing the same things as of a worldly person, then there is no difference between a so called "believer" and a non-believer. I have to admit, many times I also failed to be different. Always think when whatever you are doing, if it is bringing glory to God.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very practical post. While reading this I was thinking that not only is it things like the music we listen to but the friends we hang out with. If the people you hang out with use curse words every other sentence then maybe you need to check your friends. Of course such things are also part of some people vocabulary because of the place they grew up in. In the hood, you would be talking thug language as if its everyday talk, where as, if you move to a more high end place or even to the south, you won't hear that as much. The friends we hang with should be changed by the words that come out or in this case does not come out of our mouth. I remember having people apologize for cursing in front of me, just because they knew I don't. I am not sure if those same people would do that now. Maybe the things that come out of your mouth are just reflections of the condition of our heart. Maybe the things we put into us, ruin our hearts aka connection with God. Why put junk into our souls when it can only harm our inner man. Bad company corrupts good character.
ReplyDeleteQuestion is- knowing all this, why do we still do the things which we do not want to do? ( I feel ya, Paul)
Good post. I feel like if you're gonna surround yourself with something make sure its positively affecting you. Like Jobin said: when you aren't doing anything different from a nonbeliever than you're a lukewarm Christian. To answer guru's post: if u didn't want to do something then you wouldn't do it. That person has very little self-control.
ReplyDeleteThis was a nice post Karen it really shows how we need to be taking what we listen to seriously. Music is a very influential piece of media as well. For me, music helps me express myself and it's a key aspect of who I am. As Karen said, we should watch what we listen too because that can change who we are and as Christians also.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad someone finally said it. I listen to secular a lot, even more than 'christian music' and I find it easy to separate the two. As long as you find secular MUSIC as nothing more than something to groove to, then it shouldn't effect you. However the same can be said about 'WORSHIP' music. Made for the sole purpose of worshipping. If you do not take these christian songs and use em as a tool for worship, they become no different than secular songs. In the end, this is very easy to do once you differentiate both types of music and should have no effect on you.
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