Musical Education in the Religious and Educational System

Children want to sing and have an inherent love of music. They often choose to express this in singing, which occurs in many of their everyday activities.  This inherent love of music in ourselves and our children was designed for the fulfillment of God’s purpose in our lives and is ever awakened by our response to the music we use in our worship and praise of Him.  We were created by God as musical beings in order to praise Him and communicate with Him on a spiritual level.  If we do not nurture the spiritual side of music in our children, then other forms of music will become a substitute for God’s original design and purpose in their lives.  This absence of the true purpose of music often leads to inclusion of detrimental lyrics and much harsher sounds as opposed to the more melodic sounds of praise.  Music moves our emotions one way or another, either for our good or for bad, often bringing out these emotions into the actions of our everyday lives.  It’s just as important for our educational systems to reinforce quality musical environments for our children as it is for our religious systems to instill a spiritual musical atmosphere in our children’s worship. With the right kind of musical training, our children will grow to be well educated, emotionally established, spiritually inclined, and socially acceptable adults who will benefit the society they live in.  If we give them proper opportunities in musically enriching and developmentally appropriate activities, in both our religious institutions and our educational systems then they will benefit, and our future society will benefit as well. 

With all the benefits a child receives from musical training, we should give them early and ample opportunities to express themselves musically.  By giving them these opportunities in their formative years, rather than delaying these benefits until later years, when many of their educational and spiritual foundations have already been laid, we insure that our children will have the lasting rewards of music in their lives.  We must choose to include music on its own merits in our children’s education or they may lack one of the most important components and motivating factors in a well rounded, spiritually sound education.  The education system should choose to work along side the religious system to produce morally conscious children in today’s spiritually deprived world.  Music is the motivating force that can bring our children back to moral soundness and into spiritual awakening.