What music means to me!

Music. It is more beautiful than a thousand facet diamond. Each shimmering beam emanating from it is indescribable. I am like a novice jeweler, holding it unsteadily, unable to express my awe, my joy and my pleasure. It is more than my most delightful dream. It stirs my passions and emotions like never before. I am lost in it. I am mesmerized. I am awe struck.

                                                           

I have been asked to describe music and the many facets in which it touches our lives. At best, I am unable to do it any justice. The scope of the assignment is beyond the reach of my words. Yet, I will give it a try.

Every delightful memory of mine is associated with music. Music has been there in every phase, every mood and every emotion of my life. I associate people, places and time with music. Music is that which gives essence to the life I am living. It is the water to my soul.

God, thank you for music! This is what I can say.

Yesterday, secular music meant so much to me that it may me dance and weep and cry. Today, when I have eternal music, the words and tunes of yesteryears, sound hollow in comparison. It is like a vessel that is empty inside. It may have stirred my feelings and raged my emotions, but it never touched the rawest cord in me; my spirit, which allows me to reach out and be close to God.

Today, the music of eternity makes me soar like an eagle. I can see the patterns of the earth below yet coast on in heavenly winds high-high above. Every song spurs me to higher levels. Of eternal songs, every word has a new meaning and every tune has a fresh stirring. God has gifted words and music to His people with a very special purpose.

Eternal songs have made me weep again. This time I understand the awesome love of God, who gave His only Son to die in my place, to redeem me and call me His own. Every song that sings of this great love and forgiveness, stirs my heart in gratitude.

Eternal songs have made me dance again. Oh, to have the joy of the Lord! Oh, to be delighted by God’s presence, His mercies, His grace and His goodness. No wonder David and the saints before could not stay still for long; they were compelled to leap in absolute abandon and sway in complete devotion!

Eternal songs have made me cheer again. The eternal songs that sing of God’s glory and power make me jump like cheer leaders in the bandstands. Oh, to see His kingdom grow. Oh, to see strongholds come crashing down. Oh, to see new harvest being reaped. Oh to sing in joy about God’s every feat through His people.

Eternal songs have made me hum again. In my quiet time, in my solitude, with friends and company, with the stirring of God’s new revelation in my heart, I have been able to sing a new song. He has put a new melody in my heart. He has given the flow of words and the bubbling forth of a new tune. I want to write, compose, sing and make music for the Lord, for He is good!

Eternal music then is like a vessel that is filled with God’s goodness. Yet each own of us has to play our part in contributing towards it; some as composers, some as musicians, some as lyricists and many as just lovers of eternal songs.