Lying To God

I'm not a huge fan of lying. Same goes for lying to God (which i figure is extra dumb because God would know a lie when hears one ;) Anyway, i think this makes me struggle with 'worship' music. Singing a lie doesn't make it true. And they can put a whole bunch of E-minor chords around a lie - it's still a lie. One of my 'faves' is from I Want To Know You More...

pushing every hindrance aside (out of my way) 'cause I want to know you more

because i think most of us could name at least 5 things we've done today that we could have ditched in order to "know God more" (but we didn't). Meanwhile my list of things that i actually have pushed aside is looking quite short.

I don't know why we do this. Is it just to make the words fit the melody? ("Occasionally pushing selected hindrances aside" would be a real mouthful.) Or is it to give ourselves a chance to brag about our (inflated) holiness in front of other churchgoers? Or is it to make newcomers feel insecure and inferior as they compare themselves to our over-exaggerated claims about ourselves?

Whatever the reason, i can't really stomach it. So i was comforted (and amused) when Jon Acuff did his piece on Overcommitting to God. He even includes a template for making your own dodgy lyrics ... and the comments are full of hilarious creations :)