Some worship songs are absolutely ridiculous if sung to us instead of God. Try it sometime. During the middle of a praise and worship song turn and face the person next to you. Who cares if they’re not already your friend. They will be after you whisper these sweet lyrics to them:
Draw me close to You
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that I'm Your friend
Having a tough day with your significant other? Sing the second verse to them! It has guaranteed wooing power.
You are my desire
No one else will do
'Cause nothing else could take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace
Help me find the way
Bring me back to You
Caution. You may end up married by the chorus.
You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want
Help me know You are near
And that’s the entire song. Beautiful? Maybe if it’s sung to Jesus, but for some reason his name doesn’t ever make it into the lyrics. And that's sad. How can we call a worship song a worship song if Jesus doesn't even get into the lyrics? Read back through this song. It sounds more like a romance song to an estranged lover than it does a worship song praising our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
I looked through a list of the top twenty worship songs for the year, and thankfully, most were about Christ and worshiping him. If left to ourselves, we and our music can become too "me" and "I" focused instead of Christ focused. I'm hopeful for the future of our worship songs, as long as I can't sing them to my friend and they make sense.
But really, this isn’t a serious critique of our modern worship. This is more of a motivational speech, to get out there and sing those worship songs to the one who deserves to receive them. Besides, I don’t think your friends want you to sing to them in church. It's uncomfortable.
Lyrics from stlyrics.com.
