Music was made in Heaven, it was not made on the earth. There was music in Heaven a long time before there was even an earth. Now music was created and designed by God as a form of Worship, and it only functions on the Worship level. That was God's original design for it, and though it is now used in many different facets many do not realize that it can never be separated from it's original intent, Worship. This explains to me why Music is so powerful and captivating, because it was sovereignly designed as a form of angelic Worship. Even now we are admonished by the scriptures to come before His presence with singing. (Psa 100:2) In Matthew 4:10 Jesus tells Satan "Thou shalt Worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve". Which leads me to believe that whatever you Worship, you will in turn serve. Therefore if Music can not be separated from Worship then when we partake in Music we are in a sense Worshipping even though we may not be aware.? How many songs have you listened to this week that suggested fornication, adultery, violence, sex, idolatry, rebellion, disobedience, perversion and even drug usage? We would not willing Worship these things would we? I think not. But what if the devil, who by the way is the master musician, had a Trojan horse planted right in our ipod, radio, and cd player? What have we, including myself, allowed ourselves to Worship? I have made my rule of thumb this "If it does not up lift God or the things of God then I don't listen to it". Maybe after reading this we should all take an inventory of our musical repertoire and make some changes.? Because as innocent as we think it is to listen to it, it may be making it that much easier for us to "serve it". Be careful what you Worship because you may very well end up serving it......