What role should music have in my life?

Making music to the Lord should be at the center of our Christian life. This is taught in Ephesians 5:18-19. “And do not be drunk with wine, wherein is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.”

It is easy to think of this verse as simply telling us what to do when we are in gathered worship. But actually it is in the context of how to live hour by hour. It is an outgrowth of the Spirit-filled life, which of course is not just to be in gathered worship. There are verses that say, “When you come together, do such and such.” But this is not one of them.

May we rely on music day by day to speak to ourselves as we meditate on the truth of God. God wants these meditations on His Word to be carried along on the wings of song. That adds the joy, beauty and heart that God intends as we make melody to Him hour by hour.