Reassuring
the Faithful and Convincing the Unbelieving
“Over the ages, kings and princesses, revolutionaries and
priests, peasants and slaves, have expressed their hopes and fears through
music. While aiming to convince, they
have used music to reassure the faithful as much as to persuade the unbelieving”
The
Sounds of Social Change, by
R. Serge Denisoff and Richard A. Peterson, p 13. We know that this is true of
ancient civilizations including ancient Israel.
Music Was used in the time Job lived, It was use in the battle of Jericho
and in in the First Temple.
As we
are now in the second decade of the twenty-first century music is still being
used to express emotions and beliefs of peoples of all cultures. More particularly, we are concerned with the
music of the social and religious life of Christians. When I read the above quote I immediately asked
the question, “How are we as Christians doing when it comes to reassuring the
faithful and convincing the unbelieving?”
I am sobered
by the reality of the fact that our sacred and secular musicing all must come
under the Lordship of Jesus Christ the righteous one. It is the truth that no Christian musician
lives to himself or herself and that neither will die to himself or herself. When I face Him whose eyes are as a flame of
fire at the judgment, I will give an account of my sacred and secular musicing. Therefore I must be careful of how my
musicing will affect both the faithful
and the unbeliever.
Prayer
for the Day
Oh, Thou mighty God of Heaven and Earth I am sobered
before You this afternoon as I commit these thoughts to pen and ink. Lord only You know what affect my music and
my musicing is having on Your children and to those who do not know You in
Saving faith. I am asking you to be my avant
garde and my rearward as I music for Your glory. Lord I do not want to fail You with my feeble
musical efforts, so I am asking You to make my musicing efficacious. This I am praying in Your wise and wonderful
Name. Amen.
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