Some Good Questions About Our Church Music

Matt Osgood:

For example - do we sing about the cross and resurrection because it means 'I am saved' or because it represents God's victory over the power of evil? Do we sing about God's faithfulness because it means 'you will never let me down' or because it means that God will fulfill every promise he has made in Scripture? Do we sing 'You are amazing' or 'You amaze me'? Is it all about God? Or is it about God in terms of what he means to us?

I'm not suggesting, of course, that we never sing 'I' or 'me' in our songs - a quick look through the Psalms reveals that many of them are intensely personal, so that is clearly an appropriate mode of expression to God - my question is one of balance and priority. If we removed every reference to ourselves from our songs, would there still be substantive content left? If someone who'd never been to church before came and listened to a typical set of worship songs, who would they learn more about? You or God? Let's remember: the earth revolves around the sun.

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