God Will Not Share Glory with Musicians

God Will Not Share Glory with Musicians 

Psalm 146:1  Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.  While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 

 Verse one declares that it is the responsibility of every believer to praise the LORD.  The Hebrew word used in verse one is halal (1984) which means, among other things, that something shines or that some action is taken as an act of celebration.

          When we music unto God, we should boast, shine, and celebrate!  It should always be a celebration of who God is and what He does.  Musical worship is never primarily about the music or the musician, but rather it is always about the blessed Trinity.  If we worship music, our musicing is an act of idolatry—nothing more and nothing less. 

If we celebrate the musician, our gratitude is by no means an act of worship.  When the performer is the center of attention, what could have been true worship becomes a musical event or a concert. There is not anything inherently wrong with a concert where the performer is honored, but it is by no means Christian worship.

We must be careful to keep the use of music in worship about God—not the music or the musicer.  Isaiah 48:11b reminds us all “… I will not give my glory unto another.”   As used here, the word "glory," i.e., kabowd (3519) means splendor, copiousness or gloriousness.  So, God has declared that He will not share His splendor and honor with anyone—that divine declaration includes musicians.  So, when we music in a worship service, we need to be careful to music in such a manner that God doesn’t have to share his glory with us. 

Scripture for the Day

Psalm 115:1 says, “Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.”