Thoughts on Spiritual Horticulture. part 1

Thoughts on Spiritual Horticulture.  part 1

Psalm 52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.  But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.  I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

          In this Psalm David pains a word picture of the man who is a dead tree.  This person’s tongue is sharp and deceitful.  This tree is spiritually dead because it fed on evil more than righteousness and feasted on lies rather than righteousness.  The Psalmist lets the hearer of the music and words fill in the blanks of the specifics of the things that caused his spiritual death.

          When I read this passage it struck me that the tree died because it loved evil more than righteousness.  The psalmist did not say that this tree did not love righteousness; he simply stated that the dead tree loved evil more.  Evil surrounds the Christian in this post postmodern world.  If the Christian musician is not careful he or she will develop a taste for both righteousness AND evil.

Thought for the Day

Be careful little eyes what you see and what you listen to—music videos are everywhere.  We are surrounded with easy access to them.  If you develop a  taste for an amalgamation of evil and good it will cause you to shrivel up and die spiritually.  Music fusion mixed with sensual videography is a killer of green trees.