We Do Not
Serve a Dead Hero
Matthew
28:6 “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where
the Lord lay.”
One of the major differences between
Christianity and other religions is the fact that we serve a risen Savior
instead of a dead hero who is now considered to be a god. God did not declare “I was”, but rather Exodus
3:14 declares, “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus
shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”
We, as His musical servants are
presenting musical offerings to a living God who by virtue of His omnipresence
is in this world today. When we present
to the God “who is” our best musical offerings as prayers, we have the
assurance that he is able to receive them because 1Peter 3:12 explains,” For
the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their
prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.”
So, our hearts with great confidence
cry out, “He is risen—He is risen indeed.”
The fact that he is alive gives all Christians a “lively hope”. 1Peter
1:3 states, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”
This lively promise should cause you as a Christian musician to music
unto God looking forward as 1Peter 1:4 explains, “To an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for
you…” Christian musicians do not music
in memory of a dead ‘superstar’ but unto a living Savior who is ‘I AM THAT I AM’.
B.D. Ackley wrote these words in His gospel
hymn He Lives:
Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian Lift up your
voice and sing
Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ, the King
The Hope of all who seek Him, the Help of all
who find
None other is so loving, so good and kind.
Ackley
understood that Christ is “The hope of all who seek Him”. He understood that this lively hope causes
those who seek Christ to rejoice.
Christian musicians have the marvelous privilege of musicing the good
news that Jesus Christ is the hope and help of all who seek Him. It is a shame that so many Christians fail to
take advantage of the joy and peace that comes to those who practice His
presence throughout their daily activities.
Remember, we do not serve a dead hero but rather a living Savior who is
‘I AM THAT I AM’.
Song for the Day He Lives by B.D. Ackley
Thought for the Day
Every
musician who musics about Jesus Christ must be sure that he or she actually
knows Christ by the life changing experience of becoming a born again
Christian. B.D. Ackley penned these
words in his song He Lives “You ask
me how I know He lives? He lives within
my heart.”
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