Good and Faithful Musical Servants

Good and Faithful Musical Servants

       The word “spiritual” is so much a connotation word that it may refer to an experience that is deeply biblical or a powerful secular experience when one perceives the deep import  of the music. Because of the ambiguity of this term, Christian writers need to be very cautious of how it is used in philosophical writings. The term “spiritual” developed a more broad  meaning during the late 20^th century and even more so now in this century. The word spiritual is often used by those who do not mean to connote any moral connection to God. Secular performers who feel a  sense of power when they music, sometimes refer  to that power as a “spiritual” experience. Furthermore, some musicers experience of connection with an audience is perceived by them as “spirituality.”

       Christian musicians think of the word spiritual as being related to religious matters.  Secular musicians often think of this term as being related deep feelings and beliefs about the intensity of the way a performer musics.  Spiritual musical performance is associated with charismatic attraction of a powerful musical performance. This  kind of power is  often thought of by secular performers as the ability to hold emotional power over an audience for the purpose of arousing a desired emotional state in those who experience it. 

The young Christian musician should concentrate on being good and faithful as the parable of Jesus teaches in Matthew 25:23, “ His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”  Jesus taught servanthood which is in direct opposition to the 21^st century concept of striving to become a musical “idol”.

Thought for the Day

Sacred musicing is about the Savior rather than being about "self".  As “self”   decreases, the Savior increases in the minds of those who experience religious musicing.