Another post from one of Bro Eddie's many Daily Bread's, the Daily Bread's were emails that he sent out each day.
Our Opinions by Eddie Thompson
7/16/2013 7:31:02 AM
Opinions are important, at least, if to nobody else, the purveyor of said opinion. When many of us are of the same opinion, said opinion seems as solid as a truism. When most of us have the same opinion, said opinion is the "gospel truth!" Of course, nothing has really changed at all. Simply more of us agree about something is all. Opinions are still just opinions. Some people like southern country gospel music; some people like contemporary rock gospel music; others prefer only the old classics from the church hymnal. Is there a right or wrong when it comes to our opinions, our preferences, and our tastes? Holiness doesn't come with a particular style, taste, or opinion. Turning the lights down low for a song service doesn't create holiness. For that matter, neither does leaving them brightly lit. Holiness comes from the heart of those gathered in the sanctuary. Holiness isn't produced by a certain tastes for music. Those tastes are associated with the flesh and the flesh has nothing holy in it. Holiness comes from a heart of praise. I recently listened to a Christian music concert where some of the songs presented may not have been accepted by some people. One young man presented a "rap" he had written to God. It wasn't the angry man, growling, in your face type of rap. Just a talk between a child of God and His Heavenly Father. Still, I have heard some opinions about the whole "rap" thing from Bible studies and services I have been involved with. Some people go as far as to say that there is no way it could be of God. True, the rap genre isn't pleasing to my tastes so much, but what that young man did was anointed and touched me spiritually. Perhaps I was able to receive because it just so happened I had noticed this young man and others from the band praying earlier. I had observed them and had seen with my own eyes their passion for serving God and taking the gospel to communities around this world. I had a chance to interact enough to see the young man had a heart for God. He was my brother in Christ. It was his heart for God, his passion for his Heavenly Father, his desire to share his testimony, that made that moment holy and acceptable unto the Lord. My opinion about rap music truly meant very little in that moment. I believe we need to remember to maintain our capacity for separating our opinions from God's reality. I certainly don't want to miss a holy move of God because I am convinced that God's opinion is always mine.
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