Direction determines destiny philosophically.
One
of the most unfortunate twenty-first century dilemmas in Christian music
philosophy is that many Christian musicians do not have a series of systematic
written beliefs concerning the nature and value of the whole of music. Many Christian musicians believe that music
philosophy is like Jello with too much water in it--it never solidifies into a
cohesive whole. These musicians fail to
realize how important it is to know where they are going musically. Remember direction determines destiny. They want to go to Kansas City musically but fail to realize they are going east on Interstate 70. No matter how sincere they are about going to
Kansas City musically, they will never get there going east. Once a Christian musician starts with a
faulty premise the rest of his or her faulty conclusions topple like dominos
all lined up in a row.
Those who conclude that music is
amoral have to incorrectly assume that in the beginning God did not create music
in a personal real objective way. They
believe that God sees music from a distance through rose-tinted glasses. Since they believe that God does not have an
ultimate opinion concerning music ministry, He is not “there” when it comes to
music. The very fact that music “is” is proof to a Christian that it is a part
of God’s infinite creation. A thesis
thinking Christian who believes in a real music creation rather than some kind of
theistic musical-evolution is led to the systematic conclusion that because
music “is” it is a part of God’s real creation.
Therefore, God is “there” concerning music. If God is “there” concerning church music in
the 21st century, then it stands to reason that he cares about it in a most
objective way. I repeat, God is
"there" concerning music!
Never forget that God is more than willing to guide us musically in this
century! James 1:5 contains a wonderful
philosophical promise, "If any of you lack wisdom, (sophia, 4678) let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him."
Thought
for the day
You will be remembered more for what
you "did" with music than what you believe about music.
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