Guard Your Heart
Whether music we listen to and
perform is or is not directly addressed to God is not the major issue. Many people believe “you are what you eat”
but ignore the fact that “you are what you hear” and “you are what you
perform”. How does a Christian musician come to the conclusion that Christians
are immune to the effects of the music they listen to and perform? If any “musing” takes place in a person’s
passive or active musicing, then it stands to reason that it will have a
positive or negative effect on the whole life of that individual.
Proverbs 23:7 explains that “For as
he thinks (shaar 8176) in his heart
so is he...” If this Scripture is true, and it is, Christians will be what they
muse. The word shaar means to open as a gate-keeper. Although God will help us, we as Christians
are responsible to not open the gate of temptation. Therefore, all musicing must be done advisedly
since it will have a positive or negative effect on the heart life. Proverbs 4:23 warns, “keep thy heart with all
diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” What makes a Christian conclude that one may
feed on musical filth for hours at a time and still maintain a holy heart life?
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