Brunch with Jesus—part 5
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.”
Thought
for the Day
If a musician is going to really take
care of the needs of Christ’s lambs and sheep, that musician must first present
his or her body to Christ as a living sacrifice.
Song
for the Day Gentle Shepherd by Gloria &
William Gaither
Prayer
for the Day
I am asking You who are the “Lord of
the sheep” to prepare my heart and mind to music unto you as I feed Your lambs
and sheep. After musicing for most of my
life, I must ask like Solomon of old, “Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I
may go out and come in before this people…”
I need your wisdom every time I step before an audience because I
represent You Lord. I do not understand
why You have chosen musicians like me to music for you but I know that in your
wisdom You have chosen me to be one of your musical shepherds. I Thank You Lord for giving me the awesome
opportunity to feed your sheep and Lambs.
Amen.
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