Today something interesting happened at work. My coworker decided to play songs from my ipod and plug it into some speakers. Now we usually listen to my coworker's music, but since I already had my music playing (because I was the only one around at the time), my coworker decided to continue listening to my music. At first I was very anxious and did not want to have my songs blasted on the speakers because I had some religious music on there that I didn't feel comfortable sharing in that setting. But then I thought to myself, what if this is a test of my faith in God? What would it mean to avoid listening to any of my Christian songs? Would it be denying Christ? Would it mean that I am ashamed of being a Christian? So I decided to put myself to the test, and see how things played out. What's the worst that could happen? My coworker finds out that I'm a Christian, and we may have an awkward chat about my music or my coworker might just skip the songs that are religious and then leave it at that. That's not so bad. I can't be afraid of a little awkward moment. So I decided to let my music play. And to my horror (or shock), some techno version of the song "Did you feel the mountains tremble" came on... and I was so horrified/shocked that it had to be this song that played. out of all the other Christian songs I had on my ipod. -.- But I am glad that my coworker did not comment on the song, and we just left it at that. A few songs later, I did get a comment saying that I had a strange variety of music... haha... and I had a good laugh with my friends later when I told them what happened.
So what did I learn? I should have skipped the song and wait for another "Christian" song to play. Skipping a song because it is weird (I thought it was weird when I heard it) doesn't mean that I'm denying Christ. I feel like denying Christ would have been more like saying that I'm not a Christian when asked, or trying to avoid that fact/talking about beliefs/religion in general. I think I have a bad tendency to do that to myself. I worry so much about little things and my mind gets overly consumed by things that shouldn't be a big deal. I need to stop dramaticising and over-thinking things. Stop worrying. Let God do His work. Do not feel guilty of things that I haven't done wrong. Don't be afraid. What have I been telling myself this whole time?? Joshua 1:9!!!
So what did I learn? I should have skipped the song and wait for another "Christian" song to play. Skipping a song because it is weird (I thought it was weird when I heard it) doesn't mean that I'm denying Christ. I feel like denying Christ would have been more like saying that I'm not a Christian when asked, or trying to avoid that fact/talking about beliefs/religion in general. I think I have a bad tendency to do that to myself. I worry so much about little things and my mind gets overly consumed by things that shouldn't be a big deal. I need to stop dramaticising and over-thinking things. Stop worrying. Let God do His work. Do not feel guilty of things that I haven't done wrong. Don't be afraid. What have I been telling myself this whole time?? Joshua 1:9!!!
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