Matthew 5:16 states, “Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Why do you
suppose that Jesus has commanded Christian musicians to let their light shine? I believe it is because our world is a very
dark place to live in the twenty-first century.
Sin has made this world dark place with a very dark atmosphere at
times. Jesus knew that Christian
musicians are prone to let Satan come by and cover it with a bushel
basket. So, Jesus reminded us all, in the Sermon on the Mount,
to make absolutely sure that we keep our light shining very brightly.
The light of
Christ placed in us is so powerful that Satan needs a bushel basket to
completely hide it from those who see it, and will receive its light in their
lives. Satan knows that, without this
light of Christ, people will continue to live in darkness. Jesus instructed us to put our powerful light
on a candle stick so that it will give the light of salvation to all people.
One of the ways that a Christian can show
the light of Christ is through his or her musicing. Jesus explained, in this sermon, that “you”
are the light of the world. This means
that there is much value in people seeing the Christian musician music unto
God. As I play exegetical gymnastics
with this verse of Scripture, I have the notion that maybe Jesus includes our
musicing unto Him as a part of what people need to “see”. As I just said, it is just a notion, but I
think it is a valuable notion. If so,
musicians need to let their musical light shine in such a way that all who are
in the “house” will see it and glorify our Father who is in heaven. Therefore, we need to be very careful of what
people “see’ as well as what they hear when we music unto God.
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