Some Musicians Feed on Ashes

                                  Some Musicians Feed on Ashes

       Isaiah 44:20 states, “He feedeth on ashes:  a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

       This verse is an exhortation about the folly of idol makers.  Have you made an idol lately?  Do you have any idols that you have made or purchased in the past?  Do you have any idols that were given to you?  I ask these questions because I know several musicians who are now sort of worshiping their “idols”.

       Many Christian musicians get side-tracked by things they worship more than God.  They haven’t quit worshiping God but they have other gods that are ‘before” Him.  As a matter of fact, they are very good at acts of worship.  They seem to worship very well in church.  They know all the words to the latest worship choruses and they are able to put clever worship sequences together.  However, they worship trinkets and toys and a host of things more than they worship God.  Anything that obscures the face of God in our lives is “before” (paniym 6440) God.

       A Christian musician must be careful to keep the main thing the main thing!  Everyone needs a hobby but the Christian musician must not let a hobby hobble him or her.  Be sure that you use your time of recreation to ‘re-create’ you.  Be sure that you do not simply live for your trinkets or your life will become “wood, hay, and stubble.  If you do not keep the main thing the main thing, it will not be very long until you will be “feeding on ashes”.  

       It is sad to see a talented Christian musician who has turned aside by his or her deceived heart.  Be sure you are not carrying around a lie in your right hand.  P.S., don’t carry around a lie in your left hand either.