Worship with Music & Songs

I was inspired to delve into the subject of "What is Worship?" by searching biblegateway.com for a few keywords. The findings were surprising insightful!

Please answer this question before you read on:

In the Bible, how many times do these sets of word appear in the same verse?
[ "worship" and "song" ] [ "worship" and "music" ]


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OKAY!
The answers, from the New King James version are:

[ "worship" and "song" ] - ZERO times.

[ "worship" and "music" ] - FOUR times.
Interestingly, all FOUR instances of this occurrence is from the book of Daniel, and all from chapter 3. And they all talk about music together with worshiping the image of gold that King Nebu had set up!

Daniel 3:5
"As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up."

And if i was David Searle, i would say: "Well isn't that interesting?!?"

Important conclusions drawn:
1) Worshiping God has nothing to do with music and songs. Just like loving your girlfriend has nothing to do with music and songs, but that doesn't stop you from singing your girlfriend a love song. Does it?
2) Yes, you can use music and songs to inspire worship.
3) Your girlfriend probably doesn't want to just hear love songs from you all day! She'd probably want to:
=> hold your hands
=> tell you how she feels
=> listen to your thoughts
=> give you hugs
=> let you play with her hair (and play with your hair)
=> and show you the world (or let you show her the world).

And after all that, when she is in your arms, she won't mind a song or two.

Friday @ Sam's House!

9th of October 2009

ICC is growing up.