Thoughts From Cammie: Music Moves People

Isn't it funny how you start singing a song that you haven't heard in years? Even though the song might be bad or it just might not uplift God, you have heard it somewhere. It just comes back to you. You get annoyed because you can't remember the words to the song from church, but you remember every word from the song you heard in the mall years ago? This is why I try to refrain from songs that do not lift up God in some way.

We currently had a Spanish-English youth rally at my church. When the praise leaders sang in Spanish, I couldn't understand what they were saying but my spirit understood their meaning. God moved mightily in that service. I loved it. I love how God can let your spirit understand things that your mind wouldn't get.

As you can tell, music is my passion. Music lets out the words that I don't know how to speak. It lets out the very heart of who I am. Music takes control of people. It makes a side of them show that others would NEVER see. Music is universal. I love it when I go to a church service and they are singing a song that I know but it's in a different language. I may not recognize those exact words but I remember that tune. I begin to sing praises to my King and God with them. I sing it in my own language, but sing it along with them...Both languages praising the One True King - Jesus. I find it ABSOLUTELY amazing. Jesus is sooo wonderful.

Remember the time you were afraid and then started singing praises to our Lord? Remember the time you were sad and sang about the grace of God? Remember the time you just felt like worshiping Jesus and you began to hum? Those are the times I love. Those are the moments that can change lives. In the Bible, the worshipers went before the warriors. When you sing and praise in a service, the Spirit of God comes down. Jesus heals and changes people's hearts. Strong worship from the heart helps the pastor, or whomever is preaching, to have an open flow to Jesus and to the hearts and minds of the people. After a mighty move of God in the worship, the demons and unclean spirits can't come and interrupt the minds of the people when the pastor is bringing the Word to the congregation. I always love it when I hear preaching after an awesome worship service.