Jesus
directly connected loving Him with feeding His lambs, pastoring His mature
sheep and having something to feed all of them.
Remember, He ask, “Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?” What Christ was saying was if you love Me you
will serve others. He was not merely
asking Simon Peter to say that he loved Jesus
(i.e. sing His praises), but he was saying if you love me you will
minister to those that are under your influence. Although God inhabits praise, Jesus is
calling us to Christians to put our words into action.
The
Bible lesson to Christian musicians is clear. Do not only sing my praises but
also demonstrate that you love Me by having spiritual fish and bread in your
musicing to feed My lambs and My sheep and also pastor them by serving them. A
faithful minister of music must saturate his or her music ministry with God’s
Word because as Hebrews 4:12 reminds us, “For the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Brunch with Jesus consists of much more than feasting and praising. It is not only a time when we say “Yes Lord
You know that I love You”. It is a time
when we affirm that we will serve others. I believe that worship is a time when Jesus
is saying, as He inspired St. Paul to write in Romans 12:1, “I beseech you
therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
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