Music Bumpin' Out My Car

So today I’ve been thinking about my driving habits. Nothing inherently wrong with them. It’s just that I’ve noticed people giving me dirty looks as I drive around town. It’s not that I’m breaking the law— because I’m not— I’m just bumping music loud and singing/rapping along to it. And, to clear it up at the start, it’s Christian music every single time.

I can’t stand the secular rap anymore— it puts me in a bad mood. Besides, as Tedashii said in the song Listening Choice, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with listening to non-christian music, but as Paul said in 1 Corinthians 6:12, “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” I’d rather be building myself up with music than tearing myself down.

But, to get back to my driving habits, it seems that every time I’m driving around town someone gives me a dirty look that says, “Why are you playing that incessant racket??!?” I ignore the looks of course, because I’m too busy busting out a Shai Linne, Lecrae, or Trip Lee verse to care, but it makes me think. “Am I supposed to be blasting other people with my gospel centered rap music?”

My verdict, is “yes”. This is due to 2 Corinthians 5:10, which says, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” It’s talking about stewardship of the stuff you own. If I’m gonna be called to account for how I use my stuff, I really should be blasting Christian music so others can hear it. (And yes, I do secretly hope, every time I’m at a red light, that the car next to me will have it’s windows rolled down). And yes, I’ve had people roll up their windows. And yes, I’ve gotten the dirty looks. But no, I won’t stop.

When I walk around town I rap the verses on the street. So when I have to drive, I feel like I should do the same. I’ve been saying for the past several months that you can’t be an evangelist in your car, but you can on your feet. Romans 10:15 doesn’t say, how beautiful are the cars of those who share the good news. It says, “how beautiful are the feet.” Therefore I would rather walk, but, if I must drive, you ain’t gonna stop me from getting some Christian influence in your ears. And if you decide to roll up your windows on a hot day instead of listening to some Christian music and feeling cool air, you’re just getting a brief image (though a very weak one) of what hell will be like if you don’t open up to the gospel one day.

I feel I’m ranting now, so I’m going to stop. Either way, enjoy my music or crank your own (as long as it’s Christian).