A Song On Tuesday

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.  Proverbs 19:20

It’s easy to find God in church or in prayer but one of the things the middle lovelies and I  talk a lot about is finding him, feeling him and seeing his work everywhere.  He reveals himself to us in so many ways and I believe music is one of them.  Every Tuesday we listen to a song and think about what Christ might be revealing to us through the lyrics.  This week we were focusing on really listening instead of talking so much.  That topic made the Tuesday Tune very easy to choose.  We listened to the song Shut Up and Dance.  We talked about the rude nature of the phrase but we came to an understanding that sometimes the phrase shut up could really catch our attention.  I admitted there were probably plenty of times God wanted to scream that at me.

One of the kids started with the title and realized that dance was a good thing because in order to dance you needed to be matched up and close to the other person so they saw it as a message to be close with the Father.  The kids were quick to point out that dance could be replaced with lots of words.  They thought it could be God saying:

*shut up and listen to me
*shut up and pray
*shut up and stop worrying so much
*shut up and be kind to each other
*shut up and remember I made you perfect
*shut up and let me be the boss
*shut up and trust me to take care of the country
*shut up and be nice to everybody

They also thought the song might be about God getting our attention so we would stop doing things that could hurt our soul.  When I dug a little deeper this is what they were thinking.

*shut up and stop lying
*shut up and be thankful
*shut up and stop disrespecting everybody
*shut up and quit doubting me
*shut up and stop putting yourself down

There is a line in the song that says “just keep your eyes on me”  that was a favorite line because it was great advice.  One big thinker said, “If we keep our eyes on the world and everybody else we might head in the wrong direction but if we keep our eyes on him, he will lead us home.”  Another line says, “no holding back.”  A very insightful fifth grader reminded us “Thats how we’re supposed to love him.”

Once again, I set out to teach but instead it was me who received all those lessons from a 4 minute song. I think maybe I’ll spend some extra time listening this week.

A Seed To Plant:  Go to Youtube and listen to the song and begin thinking about all the things God would like you to be quiet and do.​

Blessings on your day.