Christian Musicing is like a Light
Why do you
suppose that Jesus has commanded Christian musicians to let their light
shine? I believe it is because our world
is a very dark place to live in the twenty-first century. Sin has made this world dark place with a
very dark atmosphere at times. Jesus
knew that Christian musicians are prone to let Satan come by and cover it with
a bushel basket. So, Jesus reminded us
all, in the Sermon on the Mount, to be absolutely sure that we keep our light
shining very brightly.
The light of
Christ placed in us is so powerful that Satan needs a bushel basket to
completely hide it from those who see it and will receive its light in their
lives. Satan knows that, without this
light of Christ, people will continue to live in darkness. Jesus instructed us to put our powerful light
on a candle stick so that it will give the light of salvation to all people.
One of the
ways that a Christian can show the light of Christ is through his or her
musicing. Jesus explained, in this
sermon, that “you” are the light of the world.
This means that there is much value in people seeing the Christian
musician music unto God. As I play
exegetical gymnastics with this verse of Scripture, I have the notion that
maybe Jesus includes our musicing unto Him as a part of what people need to
“see”. As I just said, it is just a
notion, but I think it is a valuable notion.
If so, musicians need to let their musical light shine in such a way
that all who are in the “house” will see it and glorify our Father who is in
heaven. Therefore, we need to be very
careful of what people “see’ as well as what they hear when we music unto God.
Thought for the day--Musicing is a Light
If musicing unto God is a part of our good works, and it
is, then Christian musicians need to be sure that people see and hear good
quality music when we sing and play in and out of church.
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