Exodus 32:18
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,
neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of
them that sing do I hear.
As Moses came down from the mountain with the
Decalogue, Joshua said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp”. Moses recognized the music to “noisy singing”
or “depressing (anah 6031) singing (kowl 6963)”. These people were worshiping and dancing (vs.
19) naked (vs. 25) around the golden calf.
They
were worshiping an idol. No wonder this
worship was accompanied by “depressed singing” and “naked dancing”. Not everything that went on in ancient
worship music was of God. Likewise, not
everything that goes on in modern and post-modern musical worship is of
God. Beware chief musician that you do
not get squeezed into the world’s mould of musicing. To these Israelites whose hearts were full of
carnality, dancing, yelling, naked to the noise of their music seemed to be the
proper thing to do.
Today
if a Christian musician believes that there is a difference between the sacred
and the profane, he or she will be laughed to scorn. Never the less it made a difference then and
it still makes a difference today.
Chief
musician “guard your musicing”. “Walk
circumspectly” and “prove what his acceptable unto the Lord.” When you face Him whose eyes are as a flame
of fire, you will be glad you did.
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