Sometimes I have this rage pounding inside of me. There was a time that I didn't understand what that was. I couldn't put into words what was going on inside, all I knew was that I felt like I could explode most of the time. It was just a flame raging beneath my flesh that I just didn't get. It took me a while to understand that this was what God placed in me. This RAGE was against everything that stood to tear down the Kingdom of God. It wasn't to harm other people, but the forces at work in the darkness. David said in Psalm 119:104 "Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way..." That same rage pops up in me when I see the innocent being preyed on. The privileged taken advantage of the less fortunate because they don't know any better. It burns me up inside, NOT because of what people are doing, but because of what the forces of darkness that drive this madness are doing. We can't fight this in physical, it has to be fought in the spirit. We can pass laws that will stop it, or elect officials that can stop it. It is only by spending time in the presence of God that will change this. God's spirt with show us EXACTLY what to do to battle this. The weapon he gave me was the music. That's my voice. You have to find your own voice - and when you do lift it up as loudly has you can.
I got tired of listening to Gospel music when musicians seemed afraid to call on the name of Jesus. They gave us this vanilla stuff that won't help you in times of need, that don't use the word of God or proper teachings. Its like they are telling about stuff they heard from others and NOT what God has personally given to them. I want to scream at them "Yeah, that's what your grandma said, but what has God told you???" That rage in me started bubbling up the music. I had a guy tell me "you got rude tracks..." That anger, that rudeness isn't directed at people... but at the forces of darkness. the Bible says the "Kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent taketh by force..." Suffers in this case means to allow. It allows for YOU to get violent. But VIOLENT in your FAITH, VIOLENT in your WORSHIP, VIOLENT in your PRAISE. Its time we stood up.
Stay Prayed Up
Curt