Musicing about
God, for God with God’s Grace-part 3
The Christian musician who is performing the
psalms, hymn, and spiritual songs does so as a vehicle for giving thanks to God
the Father by the mediatorial agency of God the Son. We should not forget that musicing unto God
is always done as a performance.
However, performing music for God’s glory is a much different
performance than performing for the aggrandizement of the performer. The Christian musician should consider all
sacred musicing to be musical offerings unto God. All this musicing should be musicing about
God that is strictly for God.
Although
it is hard for many Christian musicians to view all sacred musicing as musical
offerings rather than artistic musical sacrifices made unto God, that is
exactly what they should be. A
historical look at music in the Temple in ancient Israel reveals that the
evites did not consider sacred music to be an art form as we do in Western
culture today. It appears that ancient
Temple musicians viewed it as a means of connection with JHVH. Also, they considered their music to be a
sacred trust that was at the center of all their musicing.
Thought for the Day
Although worship is not primarily about quality,
a study of the Old Testament sacrificial system reveals that worshipers were
commanded to give God the best offering that they were capable of giving.
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