1 CHRONICLES MOMENT – (09MAY19) David and the commanders of
his army appointed the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun to minister in music
and prophesy. God had blessed these men with families, especially Heman who had
fourteen sons and three daughters, to be able to minister in music before Him. Ministering
before the Lord was a serious task and David appointed the ones who were specially
gifted by God to do it.
In today’s churches, we have allowed any and everything to
come before the Lord. It is not only
those who are preaching and teaching who are leading God’s people astray, but
it is also those who “claim” to sing for Him. Not everyone who is labeled as a
gospel or Christian artist is a worshiper for the Lord. Although, there is not
just one genre of music that can be presented before the Lord, all of it must
be HOLY. Today, we have artists who take the lyrics and beats from the secular
world and label it as Christian just because they throw Jesus’ name in it, but
is the Lord pleased with this? No! These same artists are drinking, smoking,
doing drugs and being filmed on camera doing it, but will go before God’s
people with unclean hearts. Why is the church so accepting of this kind of
behavior?
God wants us to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. That
includes the music that we present before Him. We cannot allow just anything to
come into the House of God. Beyonce’s music has no place in the Lord’s house. Songs
that were taken from sexual lyrics has no place in the Lord’s house. Acting as
if one is at a rock concert has no place in the Lord’s house. Artists who are
cursing one minute and singing the next have no place ministering in the Lord’s
house until they have their lives together. Jesus turned the tables of the
moneychangers over because He said that His Father’s house would be a House of
Prayer. Many Christians have lost the respect for the Lord’s house because
their own hearts and homes are not dedicated to the Lord. Rather we are
preaching, teaching or singing, we are ministering before God’s people and the
Lord himself. Therefore, it is to be done with the uttermost seriousness. Ministers
of Worship are to be Ministers of God and you cannot serve both God and Baal.
Something to ponder…
QUESTION OF
THE DAY – (09MAY19) What has God tasked you to do for His kingdom? David gave
instructions for there to be order in God’s house as well as his. Everyone had
a role to play. What is your role? What has God gifted you to do for the
Kingdom? Those who have accepted Christ into their hearts have been gifted with
Spiritual gifts. Do you know what yours are? If so, are you using them for
Christ? Something to ponder…
1 CHRONICLES
MOMENT – (09MAY19) David appointed gatekeepers that were to serve at the
temple. They were to keep anything and anyone unholy from coming in and keep
record of what went out. They cast lots so that there would be gatekeepers
around the temple at all times.
The Holy
Spirit serves as a gatekeeper to us as well if we allow Him to. He quickens our
spirit when we are allowing unholy things to enter our eye gates, ear gates, or
allowing something unholy to exit our mouth gates. When we live for God, we are
to guard every area that the devil can enter in. We even have to guard our mind
gates so that he will not have access to place impure thoughts in our mind. We
are the Lord’s temple and just as David had to have gatekeepers to preserve the
holiness of the Lord’s house, we too must allow the Holy Spirit to do the same
in our temples and not give the enemy easy access.
We do this
by guarding what we watch on the screen, what sites we go to online, what we
listen to as music, what books we read, and even who we entertain as friends.
We are to also guard what comes out of our mouths because God does not want any
unwholesome talk to exit our lips. Christians who curse and use profanity should
ask themselves if they would use the same vulgar language if Jesus was standing
right before them. Well, He is, and He sees all. Something to ponder…
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