Power of Worship in us

I was always told that the devil uses secular music as a tactic to lure many people into the world of secular music. It is a weapon of the enemy, a thing I was told that I had to constantly fight against. I don't deny that there are many young christians that struggle with an issue of listening to secular music, but I will say that I think we give it such a horrific definition, and in a way much more power than it deserves.

I watched the Grammys last night and I watched Nicki Minaj's performance. I cringed the whole time. I log on to facebook and see a ton of statuses and twitter post about how Nicki is so demon possessed and she needs deliverance, how inappropriate it was, etc. All very good points, but nonetheless, very obvious points. But I began to think: who cares? Why do christians feel so offended, so intimidated, so threatened by the world's tactics? Last time I checked, my God was still greater.

We all know the story of Lucifer. An angel created to do one thing and one thing only. Worship. Every part of his being did just that, and I can only just imagine the music and worship that poured out of him. One day he realized just how beautiful he was, and decided the worship should go to him. Then he was cast out because of the pride in him. Can you imagine not being able to do the ONE THING that you were created for? Then I realized just how powerful worship is. When God created us, he created us to do ONE THING and one thing only: to worship HIM. He gave us the power that Lucifer lost in heaven. He gave us the creativity, the voice, the instruments that enable us to do so. And in there lies Satans anger, frustration, and jealousy. The bible says that Lucifer was a loved angel to God, that he was on the mountain of God. He was pretty much V.I.P. He was truly loved by God. The fact that God created us to do the one thing that Lucifer can never do is quite mind blowing to me. Which is why he made us in His image, so that we would never exalt ourselves higher than God. So that our very existence reminds us our our Creator. He regards us higher than anything in heaven, which is why he stops everything just to hear us when we worship. In our worship, we then are able to go to God's mountain. We are able to enter The Holy of Holies.

The way I see it now, the devil doesn't "create" music. Its what he USED to do. He can only distort the minds of those creating it. It is our job to not worry on the pittyful things of the World, but to worship God with even more love and more creativity.  The secular music industry isn't advancing because Satan is more creative, it is advancing because we have yet to understand the exact power and abilities we have in our worship. We have yet to understand the wonderful and beautiful connection we make our Father in heaven. We have yet to understand the power of worship in us.  The devil has lost every battle because no matter what he throws in our direction, at the end of the day, we took his job. We stand were he once stood.