Music is so powerful on the souls of men, it can make people do crazy things.
It can make you have goosebumps. It can make you feel excited or feel depressed or feel powerful or feel confused or feel inspired. It is a powerful tool.
But while listening to a song or music piece. The spirit behind the song or music will make its impact. A spirit of self or spirit of darkness or the Spirit of God.
A spirit of self will give birth to more ways of the flesh in the person. A spirit of darkness will give birth to more of the ways of the kingdom of darkness in the person. The Spirit of God will birth more of God’s nature and ways in the person.
A spirit of self is expressed through an artist or singer or worship leader who wants to show-off his/her singing or musical prowess for his/her own glory. It’s about them in their hearts and not about God. This is a norm for secular artists, but unfortunately we have many worship leaders and gospel artists with this kind of mindset too. And in performing their songs they spread the nature of the flesh over their listeners. In a church setting, that is over the congregation of believers. The negative nature of the flesh will increase.
The spirit of darkness will bring into operate the ways of the kingdom of darkness. It will express itself through artists or singers or musicians who have already subjected themselves to them by agreements or oaths or charmed devices. They can be highly skilled individuals who then add the spiritual power to their skill by taking on charms or covenants with evil spirits. In Nigeria and Africa, that is not farfetched. We have skilled individuals across industries and sphere of influence who employ diabolic tools in order achieve their desires for success. Sadly, they exist among singers/musician in Christian fold too. When someone with this kind of spirit sings over people, this spirit will work to have its impact in the lives of people.
The Spirit of God, the Spirit of our Lord will birth/build in us the nature and ways of our Christ Jesus. When this Spirit is in operation yokes will be broken, demons will be cast out, burdens will be lfted, diseases will be healed, infirmities will be taken away, afflictions will be destroyed, the works of the kingdom of darkness will be destroyed, the glory of God will fill the lives of His children, the lives of people will be truly transformed to be more like Christ, there will be divine utterances, prophecies, revelations and prophetic impacts.
It is very important for children of God to be able to discern music beyond the goosebumps and performances, in order not to worship and align with the wrong spirit.
Maybe that is reason why many shout, scream, cry, dance and do all kinds of things at Christian music events/concerts, but aren’t experiencing true transformation in their lives. Rather, they continue with increasing negative behaviours, willingly or unwilling. Some even feel helpless and frustrated about such behaviours. How dangerous it is that an evil spirit is singing over you through a singer or worship leader and yet you don’t know it, and you receive it by singing along instead of disconnecting from him/her and finding a way to connect by yourself if need be.
As sons of God, worshippers, worship leader, ministers, it is of utmost importance that we grow and be able to discern the spirit at work in the songs we sing or music we hear/create, and be sure it is the Spirit of God that is at work. That way, we can help ourselves and those around us to receive of the Holy Spirit. It will also help us to be more effective workmanship with the Holy Spirit in our ministry duties.
Shalom!