A Heart Made Ready

 

 

A Heart Made Ready

Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

          It is no mystery that in death we can be separated from God if we are not prepared spiritually to meet Him.  However, life many times separates Christian musicians from God.  Living does not have to pull us away from God but it can!  The cares of this life can slowly but surely move us further and further away from God.  On the contrary, living each moment in the hallow of His mighty hand can draw us closer to our heavenly Father.

          Another warning of this scripture passage is that created things can separate us from God if we let them.  Music is a created thing for we know that in the beginning God created music.  Music, a created thing, has drawn many Christian’s hearts away from God.

          When Christian musicians worship music instead of using musicing as a means of grace to draw Christians closer to Christ, music becomes a god- an idol.  Christian musicians must remember God’s commandment, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3)

          God will not share His glory with a practicing musician hocking his or her artistic wares in front of the body of Christ.  If we as musicians want to be overcomers or more than conquerors we will use musicing as a means of grace and never as a means to draw attention to ourselves or the art of music.

Prayer for the day

Lord, I know that I will come through all things by the power of the indwelling Spirit, not my talent or my musical performance.  Father teach me how to draw closer to You and to lead others into a closer walk with You by musicing unto God.

Song for the Day

Close to Thee by Fanny Crosby