I don’t know about your church, but in my church we don’t all like the same music. Hey, my wife and I don’t like the exact same music. When I pick the worship songs on my phone, I get to pick the songs that are the best worship songs in the world—for me. I am not distracted by wondering how anyone else might feel about this song.
Of course, there is something about worshiping together, and I like that too. But some of the best worship experiences I have had were with a good pair of headphones and an iPhone. And, people who worship well at home worship well at church.
I close with a quote from Ken Hughes:
Today’s smartphones and computers and tablets and the like make it possible to listen to God’s Word read amid almost any setting or activity—lying down, sitting, walking, hiking, running, biking, commuting, and laboring (painting, light construction, engine repair, graphic design, landscaping, farming, training, working out, you name it). There are athletes, tradesmen, and doctors who, like the Psalmist, overflow with wisdom and understanding because they make it a yearly priority to listen to the whole counsel of God. — R. Kent Hughes and W. Carey Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Young Man (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012), 68.
Phones have their downsides. But, a lot of good can come from them as well. For me, it is better worship, better connection, better quiet time, better discipleship.
This article originally appeared on smallgroupnetwork.com and is used by permission.
