An Unbroken Chain of Teaching-part 2

An Unbroken Chain of Teaching-part 2

Have you ever tried praying that God would anoint your rehearsal conducting methods?  Christians often talk about receiving God’s help but sometimes prayer comes after failure or the presence of disruptive behavior rather than before the rehearsal takes place.  I believe that the Holy Spirit desires to anoint the Spirit filled conductor’s efforts.  I know that this is possible because I have been the recipient of the Holy Spirit’s anointing upon my choral and instrumental rehearsals.

          Note that 2Timothy 2:1 admonishes the Christian teacher to “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus”.  Being filled with the Spirit requires a continuous life in the Spirit.  This fact must be established before we discuss an unbroken chain of Christian teaching.  I believe the reason that church music is in such a condition of disarray is because Christian music educators have often failed to educate their students “in the songs of the LORD”   Can you imagine the ancient Jewish people sending their Levite sons to the Jebusites, Amalekites, Hivites, or Philistines to receive their music education?  They would not because they realized that it was their responsibility to train their own.  Often Christians do not recognize that their children will grow up to be Philistines if they are trained by the Philistines.