How Did Music Begin?-part 1

How Did Music Begin?-part 1  

                We know from Genesis 1:1 that,” In the beginning God  created”.  From this *truism let us explore the philosophical presupposition that in the beginning God created music.  Many church musicians do not start with this necessary philosophical basis.  On the contrary, many Christian musicians believe that there is no answer to the question, “How did music begin?”  They fail to recognize the evident answer found in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created...”  

            God did not need to create music because He is and always has been without need.  In His divine wisdom and sovereignty He chose to create music and that was not because He had too, but rather because He desired to create it.  So He thought it into existence—that is creation.  God did not create music to fulfill his destiny, because He has no destiny.  He was not “I will be” or if I create music my creation will be more perfect because everything that He created before and after He created music was perfect.  Although this is difficult for a musician to conceptualize, God’s creation was completely perfect with and/or without music.  Think about it, God’s creation did not get better or more complete or more perfect when He created music because God never gets better. We as Christian musicians do things to perfect our musical skills in our long journey toward the development of our God given musical gifts. God did not take a long or short musical journey.  He simply thought and absolutely nothing became something—music.  That is creation.