Spirit Led Musicing Can Be Efficacious-part 1

 

Spirit Led Musicing Can  Be Efficacious-part 1

Is church music only a “getting started” task or a vehicle used to pick up the offering?  Does the effectual fervent musicing of a righteous man or woman avail much?  It is my belief that Spirit led musicing can and should be efficacious in the 21st century church.  Music ministry can be a very effective vehicle for the Word of God to ride into the hearts of the worshiping body.  Music can and should be a means of preparing people’s hearts in the worship or evangelistic service. 

          If music is going to accomplish the many purposes of public worship it will probably be accomplished not by accident but rather very much on purpose.  Applying the 20th century principles of chance music or indeterminacy to church music only creates an atmosphere of chaos in worship.  Many pastors are so busy making sure that public worship does not become formal that, in an attempt to be folksy and familiar, the worship service has little or no form or direction.  I believe that pastors who wait for something spontaneous to light a fire under a sleepy, dry, worship experience, normally get what they expected out of the worship service—little or nothing at all.