Remembering God as the Object of Worship

Remembering God as the Object of Worship

             In the process of developing a Bible based Christocentric music philosophy and praxis the following should be seriously considered: Who is the center of public worship?  Is it man or God who is honored in the worship experience?  Who receives the preeminence?  Is worship an event or the Christian’s response to God?  Whom should the musician strive to please with his or her musicing?  Is it proper for God to share the glory of the worship experience with a performer?  Should there be any difference in the music part of the music that a Christian musician considers to be sacred or profane?  Are these differenced apparent when one musics unto God?

              When in a musician’s musicing there is no difference made between sacred music and secular music that is composed to appeal to the lust of the flesh, will this musicing be appropriate and congruent with the purposes of worshiping God?  These questions must be answered by every Christian musician who personally musics unto God and leads others in musicing in the context of public worship.  When it comes to using music as a vehicle of worship, the end does not justify the means.  The notion that sacred musicing must please the worshiper.  What about pleasing God?  What about using worship vehicles that properly represent the moral nature of God?  Somewhere in every Christians music philosophy and praxis, the concept of God as the sole object of worship must be considered.