Deliverance for Chief Musicians

Deliverance for Chief Musicians

       In Jeremiah 20:13 those who love God are told, “Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.”         The enemy of the Christian musician’s soul desires to take his revenge out on the Christian musician.  He waits for an opportunity to enticed Christian musicians into sin.  Satan is smart and he is subtle.  Jeremiah 20:11 says, “But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail.”  Although Satan is crafty by using other people to persecute the chief musician, our God is a “mighty terrible one”. Satan is no match for our Lord.  God is big enough and mighty enough to not only fight Satan but to also to win the battle for the Christian musician’s soul.

       Jeremiah was a lot like Christian musicians.  He was prone to depression

( see Jeremiah 20:14-18) and so was Elijah ( see1 Kings 19:4).  One moment their faith reached out to YHVH and in the next they were deep into despair.  We as musicians should learn from these men’s mistakes.

       When Satan begins to accuse you, you must look to Jesus for deliverance.  In the time of depression move in closer to the great heart of God and trust Him and believe his Word.  You will find strength in reading Scripture, praying, and singing His praises.  You should count your God given blessings and resist Satan in the name of the LORD as we are instructed to do in James 4:7. “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”  On the authority of God’s Word if we resist, Satan will have to withdraw because of the power of our God that surrounds us.

       Note that Scripture admonishes us to sing unto the LORD.  When you are oppressed and become depressed, praise the Lord with singing.  If you praise God with singing, God will “inhabit your praise” (Psalm 22:3).  Our heavenly father will abide with you i.e. he will dwell with you because Jesus is a friend that will stick closer than a brother.