But the greatest of these is charity

A love song is any song that puts a romantic spin on something. With this definition, it is amazing how many love songs are available for human consumption. I believe over half the world's songs are love songs. Some are love songs to people, some are love songs crooning to violence and some are love songs appreciating hatred - but they're love songs.

How many songs focus on a single person, or concept, and paint the world through the lens of that person or concept? Most of them do, and I claim that they are all love songs ... and I'll go one step further: they are worship songs.

Worship songs are a beautiful testimony to God, right?

They're supposed to be about ONE thing (in this case God) and they paint the world through that lens, right?

A second way to approach this is the realization that events can affect you, even if you’re not aware of that happening. An obvious example is advertising – most of us experience thousands of forms of advertising a day, and that immersion has an effect upon each of us. From name recognition to brand identification, each of us had been brainwashed into associating certain products with certain emotional responses. Politicians do the same thing with topics. The result of both is impulsive action. This is devastating to ones wallet, ones government, and ones walk with God. Because if we can be so influenced by people we can SEE, how much easier is it for Satan to influence with a thing we can’t see and a thing for which he has been designed to do perfectly – incite worship through music.

Another way to approach this is simply: anything can be worship, if done with the right focus, the right spirit. It is how we can execute our biblical commandment to pray without ceasing. We, as material and finite beings, need a means by which we CAN pray without ceasing. God does not give commands that are impossible to follow – He will never give us more than either we can handle. And if he calls us to do something, He will always provide the resources (though sometimes you’ll have to go to Him in prayer to receive those resources).

My challenge to you:

Take the next song you hear, that you recognize (at least as far as knowing the beat, or possibly the artist) and write down the title and artist. Ask for help in this if necessary. Take this song and do some research – look at who wrote it, what time in their life they wrote it, and the exact wording of the song: what are they conveying?
Then pray about the words and meaning of the song.

Repeat this five times.

One of two things will likely happen – you will be blessed or convicted.

Regardless, be aware that this type of influence is perpetually there and we are called to be prayer warriors – so you can look at this as if Satan is perpetually trying to get at your heart, the seat of your worship, through whatever song and dance routine he can come up with to distract you. And that God is offering a means of protecting ourselves - through prayer.