My dear one,
I recently took part in a concert that may very well be the most sublime musical experience I will ever enjoy. The comments from the composer (a friend and former colleague), outlining the inspiration for and message of his composition, drew my mind yet again to an all-important truth, something that is indeed poignant for me as a Christian musician:
As magnificently as the starry heavens and beautiful earth point to the majesty of their all-powerful Creator, only humankind is made in God's image and thus has the greatest responsibility of displaying God's glory. As the Westminster Shorter Catechism so succinctly phrases it, "Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever."
But we are still sinful being who daily fall and rebel and hurt and sorrow and die. So we look to Christ who alone can grant eternal rest, and by God's Holy Spirit we gladly respond to His call, "Come to Me, all ye who labor and are heavy-laden."
On a side note, if music this side of heaven can be so "celestial," well then, I can hardly begin to imagine what that grand doxological music of our eternal peace will be!
Soli Deo Gloria!
[I would happily post a link to this music were it not for the fact that the identification of the composer could be the undoing of my intentional anonymity on this webpage.]
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