Some Musicians Remind Me of Fancy Pigeons—part 3

Some Musicians Remind Me of Fancy Pigeons—part 3

          Some church musicians remind me of a type of fancy pigeon called a Giant Runt.  The first time I laid eyes on this type of pigeon I was amazed at its size.  It was huge!  Fred Steffens, the pigeon fancier that owned the pigeons, laughed when I commented on how it was.  Then he proceeded to tell me “That bird’s not big ‘cause he’s all feathers”.  I have met some musicians who are like the Giant Runt pigeon, they look big and beautiful but under their facade of feathers they are actually a runt!  Luke 9:25 states, “For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?”  What a Christian looks like on the outside matters, but what he or she is inside is by far.  If we are spiritual “runts” underneath our outward appearance, we may gain all the musical accolades possible, but we put ourselves in great danger of becoming a “spiritual castaway”.

          My prayer is, “Precious Lord and Savior, I am asking you to help me grow in grace daily." As 2Peter 3:18 admonishes us all, “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.”  Unless we are fed spiritually as we feed others spiritually with our musicing unto God, we may have a beautiful coat of outward “feathers”  that makes us look like a spiritual giant to others, but on the inside we will not have much substance to our spiritual  “body” and we will actually be a spiritual “Giant Runt”.  One of the secrets to inward spiritual growth is that in our musicing we must be sure that, with all our hearts, we are living out St. Peter’s admonishment, “To him be glory both now and forever.” Amen, (“So be It”.)