Training Our Own part 2

 

Training Our Own   part 2

 

 The Christian music educator has an awesome responsibility like Heman to be the King’s “seer” or a beholder of a vision of God’s kingdom (see 1 Chronicles 25:5).  Christian musicians are responsible to pass that vision on to those with whom they minister and those who are “under your hands”.  1 Chronicles 25:3 states, “Of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, and Mattithiah [and Shimei mentioned in verse 17], six under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.” This Scripture is an example of a musician in ancient Israel who was wise enough to musically educate his own sons.  According to 1 Chronicles 25:7, “So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.”  These ancient musicians did not send their children to the Philistines to receive music lessons.  They trained their own because they had musical massa (4853) or burden for the musical training of his own household like Chenaniah mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:22. 

 The concept of training our own is not only an Old Testament concept but also a New Testament principle.  1 Timothy 5:8 states, “But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”[i]  Although this New Testament verse does not specifically mention music education, I believe the concept mentioned here is broader than the care of widows.

 

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