Lately I have been thinking of a song called "Drink from His cup"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKhs_ET5JsE Here is the youtube video with lyrics.
http://lyrics.wikia.com/PRo:Drink_From_His_Cup Here are the lyrics.
As I was listening to this song and contemplating on the lyrics,
it hit me that, these lyrics are the complete opposite of all the feel good lyrics( which basically
describes all the songs on the so call "christian" radio stations )
that you would find on the radio.
The whole point of songs on the radio these days, from what I have noticed.
Is to make sure that you know that: God loves you, He will never let you go,
you can get through this, think about how much he loves you.
I can think of one artist, who, has half of his songs centered around love.
In one song he even goes so far as to say, that: "the only thing that matters is Your love".
Although in this song ( Drink form His cup ) they do mention God's love,
and the do mention being in God's arms.
They speak about it in a different manner than that on the radio.
Here is an example: "the pain I bear can not compare to Your arms once I get there".
Pain in this world is something that is normal, we can't escape it.
So we shouldn't treat it like it is all a big deal.
Yes God does heal, Yes God does forgive.
But I don't think that someone living and suffering in Africa can just
listen to a feel good song and all his troubles will be over with.
Yes we can seek encouragement from music.
but if all we think about is making ourselves feel better,
how will that make us feel towards others?
What percentile of the Bible talks about feeling good?
What percentile of people who suffer come to have a closer relationship
with God, compared to those who have an easy life?
Paul was a very Godly man, do you think he had an easy life?
Do you want to have a close relationship with God?
Drink from His cup.
Very, true. I've noticed that rarely do the artists mention Hell, sin, and the like. :)
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