70. RAWKIN THE WORLD
Posted by:
SeLahGirl on
June 3, 2008 at
12:58PM EST
There is no one I know of that is speaking more under the anointing to
this generation thru worship than David Crowder at the moment. It is
not about the man or the band, it's about what God is speaking to all
of us personally who make up the church and what voices around us are
confirming that message. David Crowder's song NEVER LET GO is impacting
a generation at the moment, as well as several other songs from his
current cd. He is more than a musician. He is a minister, a teacher, a
voice for this hour of the church... that is challenging people to walk
closer to Christ, to be like him, to view the world and the chaos in it
thru God's eyes and not their own, to keep their chin up, to look
toward heaven for their redemption, watching, waiting and never giving
up.
The moshing, the extreme expression, everything that seems
outrageous on the outside is a release of the tensions swirling around
this generation. Sometimes we just need to scream, like a pressure
cooker, to let it all out. God has given us permission to express
ourselves, he made us emotional creatures, with a keen ability to
feel... not just love and flowers, but anger and frustration at the
injustice around us. We all see the consequences of sin increasing
exponentially from our parents generation to ours to this one. They
face a much darker world than we did at their age, and there is
connection of the internal and the outward expression.
What we
need to do as God-ordained mentors is to be that gentle voice reminding
them to keep Christ at the center of their being and their perspective.
We live it, we make it available, but it is God that convicts and
convinces them to embrace it and own it.
The biggest
message/challenge I see for this generation is SELF-CONTROL. Not just
teens but in every generation of the church merging in this hour. We
have come from an era of prosperity and are entering an era of
difficulty. The challenge is to maintain Godly character in the face of
disappointment and loss. Satan may temporarily rob us in the physical,
but the question is whether we allow him to rob us of our joy in the
spiritual/in our hearts. Perspective.... how we view it... how this
generation views it... if all of it is measured to the promises of God
and the prophecies of his word, a peace and power emerges. But it still
remains a choice, a need for self-discipline, restraint, a rejection of
haste... to be constantly conversing with God in all that we do, big
and small.
I see this generation hungry for that kind of relationship with Him.
And
I see key voices in worship/music that are moving them in that
direction. Not just music that sounds holy, but music that can seem
abrasive. It is the violent that take the Kingdom by force, passivity
and harp-playing churchiness stamped on something doesn't make it God's
will. Jesus was a controversial speaker, a kind shepherd, emotional at
times, angry at times, expressive at times... but always acting with
self-control and never losing site of the will of God in everything he
said and did.
That's the model for every generation.
And each person in every generation must make daily choices in the matter.
I love the teens of this generation. They are gutsier than any before.
As bad as some choose to be without Christ,
there are Godly teens that are outrageous in their commitment to Christ!
Talk
about rawkin the world... this is the generation of the church that is
doing it. The music is just a reflection of their worship and the
challenge placed before them. God is talking thru many voices, and they
are listening and ready to act on all that he is saying.
peace
^_^
