The Musician Serves a God Who is Worthy

The Musician Serves a God Who is Worthy

Revelation 5:8-10 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.  And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

               These three verses taken  from the Revelation are not easy to exegete.  Daniel 4:3 reminds us, “How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.”  God’s kingdom will not end even when time, as we know it, will end.  Why?  Because His kingdom is an “everlasting kingdom”.  What does all this mean to a Christian musician who is out there in “Smirgley Junction”  ministering for the LORD? 

          God is worthy.  So, we keep working and let the end-time take care of itself.  We should not fret because we do not have it all figured out.  I like this portion of Ira F. Stanphill’s gospel song I Know Who Holds Tomorrow, “Many things about tomorrow I don't seem to understand but I know who holds tomorrow and I know who holds my hand”.  This writer had the important part figured out. A Christian musician doesn’t have to have everything figured out to be at rest in this life.   So, If you are perplexed about world affairs or the darkness that seem to loom in the future of this sin-cursed world,  sing “new song” which is a song of praise to God who is worthy and wonderful.

Song for the Day, I Know Who Holds Tomorrow by Ira F. Stanphill