-Music-

Music is one of the many enigmas that materialistic, evolutionary theory has no solid basis for. How and why did it come into existence? How are we able to think a tune and bring it out of our minds into reality? How did our vocal cords evolve to bring forth melody, as a mechanism for creating exactly that which was previously only an electrical impulse between two microscopic synapses in our brains? Why does music so strongly affect humans, animals, and plants alike? How and why does it have the power to influence our emotions and mindset, and what grand-scale purpose does it serve that would have caused it to have evolved in the first place?
Science has no answer.
King David, the writer of Psalms, was a musician and “a man after God’s own heart.” In Psalm 40:3, he tells us just where the music within him comes from, and what its purpose is: “He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in Him.”
In 1 Samuel 16, King Saul was being tormented by an evil spirit. The description sounds much like that of what we would describe as anxiety and depression today. The fix? David came to him and played music that soothed his soul. It says the music caused Saul to be refreshed, and the evil spirit left him. Used for His service, music is soul medicine from God Himself, and one of the many evidences of a living, loving Creator who had such a love for the beauty of music as to give us the ability to make it and enjoy it ourselves.

Music has been a major part of my life – from listening to it, to learning to play it, to creating it. The following is a short testimony from what God has done in my life with it, followed by some music made by others that I’ve found to bring peace, joy, and so many other good things into my life.

A little over 130 years ago, my great-great-great grandparents, Hattie and John Wishart Purvis, were converted at a tent meeting in Minneapolis. Hattie went on to use her talents writing poetry for a Seventh-Day Adventist magazine called “The Youth’s Instructor.” A couple years ago I found those poems, and as I read them my heart was touched and I was inspired to put them to music so they wouldn’t just fade away into history.
The problem: I have never been able to write music to ANYTHING. I’ve tried and failed; I just could never come up with a good melody that didn’t make me cringe.
The miracle: one morning, I woke up with this poem going through my head, set to a melody that I had not heard before. God knew my deficiency, so He used it to provide! At that point, I couldn’t help but give it a shot. What came of it was more than I ever could have imagined…so I decided to learn how to record, mix tracks, and create music videos. Never in my life have I ever done any of those things…but God gave me the ability to learn!

The Voice of Music is written from the perspective of Music, if it were a person. As I was working on this, I realized that if Music were a person, it would have had a similar experience to Jesus: sent from Heaven to this world of chaos and pain, has been misused and abused, and stuck around anyway. Although we don’t deserve it, like Christ, Music is a gift from God meant to draw us closer to Him. As this world comes to its close, and we see the signs all around us, my prayer is that this song would remind us that this world is not what it was meant to be, but it doesn’t have to be all there is. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

MUSIC FROM OTHER ARTISTS
Anxious? Depressed? Feeling weak? In need of something that can bring you peace in this world of chaos and help reset your mind? These are some of the songs and hymns that have soothed my soul – they might be a blessing to you, too.