Tell Stories With Your Songs
The Sermon on the Mount was a very direct way in which Jesus taught his followers:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit
Blessed are they that mourn
Blessed are the meek” etc
But Jesus also knew that telling stories was also a way to teach his followers. We tend to call them “parables,” but they were really just stories - stories with a message about the Kingdom of God. As songwriters we have the opportunity to create our own stories and put them into song.
You might be worried that your stories are not good enough, or you think to yourself: “How can the lessons learned from my stories be as true to the will of God as Jesus’s stories? Well, the short answer is that they can’t be. The long answer is that is doesn’t matter. Our stories come from our own human experiences and observations. If we strive to focus on what is true and good and beautiful, then whatever we create will be as true and as good and as beautiful as we are able.
A lot of times Christian songwriters get stuck in a mode where they have to make every song a direct petition or praise to God, and there is really no place for an audience.
Tell a story that gives glory to God. Even if someone doesn’t get the deeper message, at least they will enjoy the story, and perhaps they might want to keep listening.
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