Oh! Be careful little ears!

We live in an age where we are constantly surrounded by ambient music, especially in an ethnically diverse country like India; there is always music if you choose to hear above the perpetual drone of traffic. Music genres have become brands and we tend to associate with those who have similar tastes. Music both lyrically and instrumentally is constantly undergoing metamorphosis to suit tastes of the generation X. Some might even argue that popular music has been reduced to loud noise along with lyrical degradation.
Now here is a generation ordained by Yahweh as a chosen generation and a royal priesthood allowing itself to be victimized by the enemy’s ultimate weapon:- Music. Taking a cue from the Punjabi pop music culture which is currently the hottest fad of Bollywood movies; the lyrics in these beloved songs mainly concern with booze, heartbreaks, girls (in an obnoxiously derogatory sense) and more booze. The mystery here is to understand how a generation so educated and sophisticated chooses to enjoy such music.

Continuing further, we’ll take another illustration of one of another beloved song by Bruno Mars, the lyrics go like this: “I could hold a grenade for you…”. So much for super-exaggeration and what about the One who actually took the nails and the cross for you!

It is disheartening to see most of our Gen X hooked on to such senseless music. What is seen as a harmless relaxation means soon distorts our reality and perception about the most important things in life and when this delusion is extrapolated into our daily lives it wreaks disorder. Not only do the lyrics create delusions about love but it also celebrates careless lifestyle, persuades revenge and rebellion. And as one keeps on listening to it day and night totally oblivious to its side-effects we allow the Satan to bombard us with lies.

It’s high time we believers stood up to take our stand to say “No” to the senseless music and be extremely careful to what we listen. God has blessed us with immense talent much more than what we realise, so the onus is now upon the worship leaders, song writers to come up with anthems of praise which will glorify the Creator, spiritually awaken and uplift the church and at the same time engage our generation and satiate their needs. It’s time to experiment and improvise, push our limits, strive for excellence and with God’s help we shall prevail. We’re meant to be light. Let’s shine His light and bring His hope to a despaired and disillusioned generation. The distorted world-view of love needs to give place to the Unconditional-Agape love that Jesus ushered, hopelessness that the media preaches needs to resign to the hope that Jesus brings.

Let Hallelujah resound!