Sing a Song Part 13

The big argument is whether or not God said "no" to instruments directly. Actually and truthfully, no, He didn't directly say, "Thou shall have no musical instruments." He did say, "Thou shall have no other gods before Me" (Ex 20:3) And many times like man's writing and dancing that becomes our god, our idol. We fashion and fix and edit and chop and whittle until we have what we think is perfect. Not what God thinks is perfect. What is perfect in God's eyes? Do we strive to do what is perfect according to God, or do we strive to say,"Well, not everyone likes it this way or that way so we need to do it the best way that everyone will feel comfortable. Now does that make sense? No indeed! To be looking for comfort when worshipping God is ridiculous because it will never happen. God is not the God of comfortableness. He is the God of comfort, when we mourn or are in pain. We should be striving to see what God wants out of each and everyone of us not to see how we can present ourselves that would make us more lovable, make us more of what the world wants us to look like because that will bring people to church. I want people to come to church as the next person, and on earth that is what I should strive to accomplish according to Jesus. But what I am not here to do is to paint a picture that is my image of God. I was made in His image, not the other way around. Do I in my worship actually look to God and kneel in submission to His Will for me in worship? Or am I confined to the belief that "He made me, when I speak of Him, it must be from Him and therefore Him and I must share this with everyone because God made me and every sound, utterance, movement comes from Him. " I wish that were true, but it would nullify the Garden of Eden episode with Adam and Eve doing what they please by eating the apple given by Satan. Adam and Eve were certainly made by God, but still had a free will. And so do we. We have a free will, so that we will come to Him not as robots but so that we can come to the final conclusion, "Not my will but Thine."