God!--Part 1

God!--Part 1

          Genesis 1:1 states without apology or without reservation or hesitation “In the beginning God…”  We mention his name with great comfort, respect and with great expectation.  We worship God because of His worth-ship.  Christianity is different than other world religions in that we do not worship statues of a great person who was but rather, we worship the only true God who not only was but is.

          In Exodus 3:14 God was communing with Moses, “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”  We are under the authority, guidance and protection of the same God who is at this very instant.  Christians who music the name of God the Father, God the Son, or God the Holy Spirit are calling on the same currently alive God as Moses communed with thousands of years ago.

         Depending on how a Christian musician perceives God, he or she will either music the name of God with authority or timidity and some doubt.  In the Book of Isaiah in chapter one verse one Isaiah recorded, “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.”  Isaiah received much from God because he had a correct concept of who God is and what He is capable of doing.

          God ordained that the Bible would begin with who God is, i.e. his nature, and His relationship with those whom He so carefully, and wonderfully created.  Think of it, God was transcendent from the time of man’s creation.  We know that He walked and talked to Adam and eve in the Garden of Eden because Genesis 3:8 states, “And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.”

         God’s relationship with mankind has been relational from the time God created humans on this earth.  Musicians who believe the Genesis record have a great assurance when they music about the only true God who was not only relational then, but also seeks to have relationship with us today!    

Prayer for the Day 

Lord, I am asking you to help me to care more for others.  Help me to care for them like You care for Your children.  Lord You know that I love those who love me, but I am asking you to help me to love those who do not love or care for me.  Help me to reach out to those who need my help the most.  I am asking that my musicing will express your love to others.  These things I ask in Your wonderful name.  Amen.   

Song for the Day   O to Be Like Thee by Thomas O. Chisholm   

Thought for the Day  If we want to really be like Christ we are going to have to put our Christian love into action because “he who loves acts