I was recently reminded of a passage from The Treasury of David, Spurgeon’s commentary on the Psalms. In his comments on Psalm 18, Charles Spurgeon writes:
Being possessed of poetic genius, he served the Lord by composing this Psalm for the use of the Lord's house; and it is no mean work to conduct or to improve that delightful part of divine worship, the singing of the Lord's praises. Would that more musical and poetical ability were consecrated, and that our chief musicians were fit to be trusted with devout and spiritual psalmody. It should be observed that the words of this song were not composed with the view of gratifying the taste of men, but were spoken unto Jehovah. It were well if we had a more single eye to the honour of the Lord in our singing, and in all other hallowed exercises. That praise is little worth which is not directed solely and heartily to the Lord.
I hope this is a challenge to you as it was to me. As music directors, we frequently allow “the taste of men” to influence us far too much.
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