God Said Be Strong

God Said Be Strong

Ephesians 6:10, “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”

A Christian musician must remember that being a strong in the Lord is the normative condition that God intended for the Christian.  However, the musician must as Ephesians 6:11 explains, “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”  The Christian musician does not have to fail, but he or she most likely will, without the protective armor that God has provided.  Christian musicians fail when they rely on their own wisdom and strength.  Because musicians are often self-reliant and head strong, they sometimes put on some of God armor to protect some aspects of their lives, but the rest of God’s armor doesn’t seem to fit because it is too restricting.

               Ephesians 6:12 gives the reason that Christian musicians need to put on all of the armor that God has provided.  The reason is,”… we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”  God’s armor includes “truth”, “righteousness”, “the preparation of the gospel”,” the shield of faith”, “the helmet of salvation”, and the “Word of God”.  God’s Word is so powerful that it is referred to here as a sword.  As a matter of fact, in Hebrews 4:12 the Word is said to be, “…quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”  The list of the armor that God has provided for the Christian musician is long, but putting it on should never be considered to be a burden or restrictive.  We should put it on with great joy because will allow us to “be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”