Sacred Music Should Be Worthwhile Music-Part 7

Sacred Music Should Be Worthwhile Music-Part 7  

        Some Christian musicians may object to the philosophical concept of “intense” musicing unto God.  The word intense, when connected to musicing, means very deeply concentrated or fervently earnest.  There is a definite philosophical school of thought that, since sacred musicing is not about the performer, all sacred musicing must be reserved and attached or semi-attached from the Christian musician.  It is true that the just shall live by faith (see Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38) rather than by sight, feeling, joy or any other emotion since all of them are ephemeral. 

        However, I cannot imagine having a real relationship with Jesus Christ that never produces any emotions, and furthermore, I cannot fathom musicing unto the blessed Trinity with no emotion.  One of the major factors of effective musicing of sacred music is the believability of genuine heart-felt musical expressions that exude from a holy heart-life. 

       How can a Christian effectively express his or her sincere love for God with “vanilla” flavored musical expressions?  Based on this fact, I am drawn to the strong conclusion that sincere sacred musicing must include an emotional outpouring of the Christian’s heart-life which he or she expresses through music.  These deep expressions of a living faith in Christ exude from a heart filled with love for God that pours out these intense feelings in genuine intense musicing unto God. 

       Those who believe that all sacred musicing must be subdued, and without deep outward emotion, fail to recognize that God endows musicians with charisma.  What I mean by the term charisma is a God given attractiveness that can draw listeners into a musicians performance and thereby  can inspire devotion in others.  Performance or musicing charisma is one of the gifts and graces that God gives to talented musicians.  In my opinion, it is not synonymous with the anointing for musicing that God gives to musicians who are maintaining a deep spiritual life in the Holy Spirit.