Monday, May 4, 2015

A Fresh Vision of God-part 2


A Fresh Vision of God-part 2
            When one reads the Old Testament accounts of the prophets it is apparent that when they saw visions of God it made a profound change in their attitudes and focus.  For instance, Isaiah said, “Woe is me” and Ezekiel said, “I fell on my face”.  When they saw God in proper perspective, they then saw themselves in proper perspective.  Finally, both prophets, when they saw the Lord high and lifted up and saw His vision, heard the voice of God. 
            Every one of us who are church musician should ask the question, “How long has it been since I heard from heaven; since I have heard the voice of God?”  If we as church musicians are bored, or our ministry is stale, or if we are facing burn out, there is hope if we will get a renewed vision of God.  If for some reason we are in bondage to the trendy notions of others, or are about convinced that the time-honored music of the church will not reach the hearts of men and women today,  Isaiah 10:27 is saying to us, “...the yoke shall be broken because of the anointing”.  We can have the dunamis of the Spirit to give life and vitality to our music ministry.  St. John the divine reminds us in The Revelation 1:10, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet...”  I believe that Christian musicians in this century are able to hear God’s voice and have the leadership of the Holy Spirit upon their musicing.
            St. John the divine also saw a vision of God’s throne, the book with the seven seals, and the music of the four beast and four and twenty elders who witnessed the opening of the Book.  Revelation 5:9 records, “And they sang a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation…”  Because St. John the divine was “in the Spirit”, the Holy Spirit was able to let him in on some of the secrets of the glory world.

 

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