The first step in developing a music
philosophy is to go to the Word of God.
We cannot find wisdom and discernment in ourselves or in the world
around us. It must come from our
Heavenly Father first and foremost. I
Corinthians 2:12-16 says, “We have not received the spirit of the world but the
Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words
taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
“The
man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of
God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because
they are spiritually discerned. The
spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject
to any man’s judgment: For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may
instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” (NIV)
The author of this philosophical excerpt is Ms.
Rachelle Wolf. She holds a BA degree in
Christian music ed. with a performance emphasis in applied violin from God’s
Bible College and a MM degree in violin performance at Miami University at
Oxford Ohio. She currently teaches music
at Aldersgate Christian Academy, teaches violin privately, and is active in her
church. Material used by permission of author.
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