What is the Christian musician like? Part 7
Exodus 15:25 states, “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet (mathaq-4985)...” Moses was in quite a predicament when he had led the children of Israel three days journey and could only find bitter water at Mara. The LORD solved this sour water problem by having Moses cut down a tree and place it in the water at Mara.
We do not know with any certainty how or why this tree “sweetened” the waters of Mara. When I read this passage of Scripture my imagination runs wild. I like to think that this unidentified tree was one of God’s trees that had a sweet (mathaq) testimony of having spiritual chlorophyll filled green leaves. In my crazy imagination I noticed that Miriam and her praise band could not sing their way out of this trouble (verses 20-21). I like to imagine, (and it is only an unfounded notion) that God looked up a Christian musician with a” green leaf testimony”.
There was something about the sweetness of this tree that made it useful to Jehovah. The Hebrew word mathaq is a root word that literally means to “suck up” something. This tree was so full of sweetness that it was able to overcome bitterness. So, the purpose of this little discussion is to remind us all that the LORD chose a tree with lots of spiritual “sugar” because the water was bitter. Therefore Christian musicians must remain “sweet” even though the waters of life may at times be very bitter. If we maintain a sweet spirit the Lord will be able to use us to help overcome the bitterness of this world.
Exodus 15:25 states, “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet (mathaq-4985)...” Moses was in quite a predicament when he had led the children of Israel three days journey and could only find bitter water at Mara. The LORD solved this sour water problem by having Moses cut down a tree and place it in the water at Mara.
We do not know with any certainty how or why this tree “sweetened” the waters of Mara. When I read this passage of Scripture my imagination runs wild. I like to think that this unidentified tree was one of God’s trees that had a sweet (mathaq) testimony of having spiritual chlorophyll filled green leaves. In my crazy imagination I noticed that Miriam and her praise band could not sing their way out of this trouble (verses 20-21). I like to imagine, (and it is only an unfounded notion) that God looked up a Christian musician with a” green leaf testimony”.
There was something about the sweetness of this tree that made it useful to Jehovah. The Hebrew word mathaq is a root word that literally means to “suck up” something. This tree was so full of sweetness that it was able to overcome bitterness. So, the purpose of this little discussion is to remind us all that the LORD chose a tree with lots of spiritual “sugar” because the water was bitter. Therefore Christian musicians must remain “sweet” even though the waters of life may at times be very bitter. If we maintain a sweet spirit the Lord will be able to use us to help overcome the bitterness of this world.
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