Genesis
1:1 states without apology or without reservation or hesitation “In the
beginning God…” We mention his name with
great comfort, respect and with great expectation. We worship God because of His
worth-ship. Christianity is different
than other world religions in that we do not worship statues of a great person
who was but rather, we worship the only true God who not only was but is.
In
Exodus 3:14 God was communing with Moses, “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I
AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath
sent me unto you.” We are under the
authority, guidance and protection of the same God who is at this very
instant. Christians who music the name
of God the Father, God the Son, or God the Holy Spirit are calling on the same
currently alive God as Moses communed with thousands of years ago.
Depending
on how a Christian musician perceives God, he or she will either music the name
of God with authority or timidity and some doubt. In the Book of Isaiah in chapter one verse
one Isaiah recorded, “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord
sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” Isaiah received much from God because he had
a correct concept of who God is and what He is capable of doing.
God
ordained that the Bible would begin with who God is, i.e. his nature, and His
relationship with those whom He so carefully, and wonderfully created. Think of it, God was transcendent from the
time of man’s creation. We know that He
walked and talked to Adam and eve in the Garden of Eden because Genesis 3:8 states,
“And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of
the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God
amongst the trees of the garden.”
God’s
relationship with mankind has been relational from the time God created humans
on this earth. Musicians who believe the
Genesis record have a great assurance when they music about the only true God
who was not only relational then, but also seeks to have relationship with us
today!
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