The Christian musician is like a tree Part 3
Psalm 1:3states, “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season...” God has promised that the blessed Christian musician will be productive. This Christian’s ministry will bear fruit. God never said anything about “market share”. He simply promised that the fruitful Christian would bear “his fruit”. The post-modern church is often enamored with numbers and “big successes”. God never promised the Christian musician large choirs and orchestras who are on national television.
The Christian musician should remember that Matthew 25:21 states, “The lord said unto him, well done thou good and faithful servant...” Jesus said that when we are good and faithful with our talents, the Lord will be pleased with our ministry. The various servants were given different amounts with different required results.
Our responsibility is to do the best with those we are ministering with and those to whom we are ministering musically. We should let the judge of all the earth worry about “market share”. No one on this earth has the wisdom to know what God expects of your ministry but God himself. Therefore, the Christian musician should busy himself with being “good” and “faithful” to the charge God has given him, and let an all wise God take care of the results.
We should discuss two more aspects of this verse. God said that the blessed Christian musician would bring forth “his” fruit in his “season”. Not only do we not have the wisdom to know how much fruit a Christian is required to produce, we also do not know what his fruit is. My fruit may not be beautiful red apples like yours. My fruit may be small “crab apples”. However, God is capable of helping me to turn those small worthless looking apples into the best jelly you have ever tasted.
Notice that the Christian musician is required to produce his fruit in “his season”. I attended Pittsburg State University with a French horn player who graduated with his undergraduate degree a year before I finished my degree and before I had finished my graduate degree program, he had finished his masters and was well on his way to a DMA. At that time in my life I felt like a failure but God had a plan for my life, and although time meant much to me, God’s clock for my life was keeping perfect time. So let God where you are and what you are doing at this present time in your music ministry.
The Christian musician should remember that Matthew 25:21 states, “The lord said unto him, well done thou good and faithful servant...” Jesus said that when we are good and faithful with our talents, the Lord will be pleased with our ministry. The various servants were given different amounts with different required results.
Our responsibility is to do the best with those we are ministering with and those to whom we are ministering musically. We should let the judge of all the earth worry about “market share”. No one on this earth has the wisdom to know what God expects of your ministry but God himself. Therefore, the Christian musician should busy himself with being “good” and “faithful” to the charge God has given him, and let an all wise God take care of the results.
We should discuss two more aspects of this verse. God said that the blessed Christian musician would bring forth “his” fruit in his “season”. Not only do we not have the wisdom to know how much fruit a Christian is required to produce, we also do not know what his fruit is. My fruit may not be beautiful red apples like yours. My fruit may be small “crab apples”. However, God is capable of helping me to turn those small worthless looking apples into the best jelly you have ever tasted.
Notice that the Christian musician is required to produce his fruit in “his season”. I attended Pittsburg State University with a French horn player who graduated with his undergraduate degree a year before I finished my degree and before I had finished my graduate degree program, he had finished his masters and was well on his way to a DMA. At that time in my life I felt like a failure but God had a plan for my life, and although time meant much to me, God’s clock for my life was keeping perfect time. So let God where you are and what you are doing at this present time in your music ministry.
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