Today is the 2nd time in the last 6-months that I briefly changed the radio from worship to secular music. My impression was the same both times and I wanted to see if anyone else has had this experience.
Normally immersed in worship music, the contrast was striking in brief excursions to secular radio. Both the music and the lyrics.
In both instances the melody seemed harsher, rather instantly grinding on my soul. The beat was faster, and I was reminded of Jesus saying, ‘I will give you rest,’ how the fruit of the spirit is peace, the peace that transcends all understanding. All this was immediately ruined for me upon hearing secular music. Jarring, I was yanked out of my worshipful interlude to the delusion of secular people trying to fill in the gap that remains forever unfulfilled with busyness.
The lyrics also contained a desperation I discerned. The lyrics were laced with idolatry of our fallen world. An unhealthy obsession with sex, money, power self, and false aggrandizement of all these things. The reason is painfully obvious. The music and lyrics have an emptiness.
It’s easier to see the contents that are there than the contents that are not there. Yet, the void was unmistakable. The need to cover up the pain, or at least hide it with energy, many notes and decibel volume was disturbingly discernable.
Now I know there is a broad range of secular music. Not all of it fits the description above. Yet, it was uncanny how I got the same impression 2 times in a row of switching the radio. Anyone else notice this difference between worship to secular music?
Normally immersed in worship music, the contrast was striking in brief excursions to secular radio. Both the music and the lyrics.
In both instances the melody seemed harsher, rather instantly grinding on my soul. The beat was faster, and I was reminded of Jesus saying, ‘I will give you rest,’ how the fruit of the spirit is peace, the peace that transcends all understanding. All this was immediately ruined for me upon hearing secular music. Jarring, I was yanked out of my worshipful interlude to the delusion of secular people trying to fill in the gap that remains forever unfulfilled with busyness.
The lyrics also contained a desperation I discerned. The lyrics were laced with idolatry of our fallen world. An unhealthy obsession with sex, money, power self, and false aggrandizement of all these things. The reason is painfully obvious. The music and lyrics have an emptiness.
It’s easier to see the contents that are there than the contents that are not there. Yet, the void was unmistakable. The need to cover up the pain, or at least hide it with energy, many notes and decibel volume was disturbingly discernable.
Now I know there is a broad range of secular music. Not all of it fits the description above. Yet, it was uncanny how I got the same impression 2 times in a row of switching the radio. Anyone else notice this difference between worship to secular music?
