THE GOD OF ALL CREATIVITY

Continued Series on The Musical Secrets of David.......

Start Listening To The Creative Spirit In You!

Creativity starts in our human spirit man through the help of the Holy Spirit in us. You see, man has never had an original thought or idea, much less creative ability outside of God's gifting. God the creator has created everything and the devil is the creator of nothing. Everything which is created starts in our human spirit where we receive it, then afterward we give birth to it. What happens in us when we get creative is we bring out of us what is on the inside. The expressions that we have received from God is the very composition which is played through us as musicians. It is begins when we start to phase each musical line into the measure and so on. Creativity flows in receiving new songs which were never ever heard before. So did King David the musician-psalmist listen to the heart of God in his human spirit and creatively received and birthing, bringing forth heavenly utterance, and the expression of the Lord in song. 

Difference Between Soulish Playing And Playing In The Spirit

The Soulish part of us (we are made up of three parts, the spirit, the soul, and the body. The mind, the will and the emotions is the soulish part of man. In the musical training in the arts we are trained in our soulish part as well as in our body to naturally move with the flow expressing motion relative to the song we are practicing. Once we practice the song over and over we soulishly memorize it through our mind and our emotions and body actions until it becomes second nature to us.  When someone plays in the Spirit or with the Holy Spirit this means that instead of the expressions coming out from their soul they are allowing themselves to be influenced more by the Spirit of God in their playing. This means that a flare will developed where their playing will be guided more by Spirit than by the human soul. This example of playing in the Spirit is where the soul is not the whole expression any longer it is only the natural side of our train in the soul which is engaged along side, but the now the playing changes to expresses itself outside of the soul trained mode… in a free flowing new spontaneous musical zeal. These who have experienced this at first are often astounded and tend to surprise themselves at what happen successfully without following the normal mental programed agenda.

Ushering In The Healing Anointing

The other think I think needs to be mentioned here is the clear difference I have found in playing in the Spirit which is the ZOE LIFE (the life of God) the essence His Spirit moving through that music. Where there is this "LIFE" there is wonderful creative power administered by the Spirit of God to us. Re-creative miracles take place restoring the ailments of mankind, healing and preserving them so they might continue to be about their destiny in God's plan. Some people call their doctors, others attend the house of God for God's healing power. Don't get me wrong about doctors here, they fall under God's special grace to aid toward healing. I am just letting you know that under the anointing their is divine covenant provision for those of faith, where your healing has been already paid for (Isaiah 53) by Jesus at the Cross, and can be received as your's in total manifestation.  Amazing is the role of church musicians who usher in this presence from God which actually establishes the hand of God upon the individual who is in so much need. David's role was to play the harp and bring this healing anointing upon King Saul.

1Samuel 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

So it is with those who minister as musicians in the house of God. They play and the enemies works are destroyed because of the anointing.

The Moving Creative Agent Called The Holy Spirit

Gen. 1: 2b ...And the (creative) Spirit of God moved (hovered) upon the face of the waters.

You know when God is at work moving through the music, and His re-creative power is mounding up in the sanctuary, it sometimes difficult to play your instrument. However, the music goes on until the full measure for His purpose is reached. Under that power I have seen the acts of God's Spirit transform circumstances which were beyond man's ability to deal with. God who made our body, mind, and spirit... knows how to move into us by the Spirit of LIFE in Christ Jesus and FIX US!      

I don't know any secular music or musician that can top this supernatural fact! Truly some of these secular musicians envy and long for that ability, but can never have it, because it is reserved for those who are set aside for the music ministry in the house of God or Christian bands dedicated to carry out this mandate on stage.  

Stepping Out Of Oneself Into The Spirit

I remember the first time I stepped outside of the soulish side of playing drums into that area of playing in the Spirit. It really challenged me, because it demanded a playing expression that was spontaneously, which was outside any prier practice runs and it demanded an on the spot reaction which was very risky and that which many drum instructors would caution against trying. Well, while sitting behind my band on my drum thrown, after I pulled it off, playing in the Spirit this way the lead singer and band leader turned around and said, “Hey guys, we have a new drummer back there!!! Didn't you just hear that!”

By His Spirit… Another Drummer

Playing in the Spirit caused me to step out of myself and into being another drummer who became dominated by the influence of the Spirit of God more than my own soul. There was a certain freedom which I felt and enjoyed as a cap taken off which usually dominates players through fear. I fact most player usually remark that it is fear that keeps them limited and that is why they don’t try anything risky on stage in front of people. These same musicians have the faulty notion that it is through alcohol and drugs that they can somehow overcome their own limitations and play better. This is an illusion! A sure way of taking your playing performance edge away is to impede the ability of your full senses in listening and responding in the musical interaction and conversation by drugging yourself. The best performance players play their instruments at their peek physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Yes you can!, you can hear it in their playing!!!     

Given Over To The Influence Of Unclean Spirits   

Most musician have had other spiritual influences over take them in there music as they were playing. I think that they have felt it happens to them because its them personally making it happen, but they are only the vessel for such experiences to be triggered by these unclean spirits. Once in my BC years I was playing and an unclean spirit came through me in a song while the dancers were dancing on the floor and when this happened the sensual spirit moved into those present there and they started doing things which I will not talk about here (I know you get my drift).

Playing Through The River Of God

So again I will say that when you play in the Spirit you are leaning upon the resource that is not the soul but the Spirit of God even though the soul has been trained rudimentally, this expression which the Spirit will call you to play will be the current spontaneous expression. The most excellent expression which comes from God’s Spirit is the new level of creativity that flows and is not easy imitated. Caught in recording it is something. Everything which comes from God out of our spirit man becomes life-giving. The River of God flows freely and those who tap into it find themselves in engulfed in the rich current of this creative musical wave.  

Creativity Destroyed By Sin & The Devil

The opposite is also true for those who live sinful lifestyles. Musicians can literally cut off their creative flow. It may take a while, but it happens. It narrows to the place where everything that came so easy now becomes hard to express. The blockage grows and soon creativity is stifled completely.

How many musicians in history could you name, person after person who have started with great creativity to allow their sins to capture and destroy their creative expressions. Sin simply destroys the gift giver’s gift to you no matter who we are, and how high we believe we have flown in the game of fame. These gifts ultimately get brought down through a lack of character as sin takes control and domination. One thing I have learned through time is that your gift as a musician is not bigger than your character. So if you love your music gift…guard and preserve it though living a life that is pleasing to Jesus Christ.  

There are those who were the devil’s pawns who are now eaten up and their ride is over. The devil has absolutely no loyalty for those whom he used afterward trashed, after using their musical gift to persuade the world in his evil. There is a path of  restoration! There is a restorer which can change your life forever if you swallow your pride and pray from your heart for Jesus is save and deliver you.

An Open Pipeline From Heaven And Bethel The Gate Of God

All musicians were created for the creator to pour through. It brings God glory when His musicians yield themselves to worship the Lord.  The angel Lucifer fell and was stripped of his anointing, was kicked out of heaven and his former musician position became filled by us the church musicians who now open up themselves to the flow of heaven’s Spirit. Church musicians who magnify their creator through the outpouring of His Spirit have creative expressions which take worshiper’s into “the high praises of God.”

Wave after wave is reaches higher and higher as the worshipers and church musicians through the Spirit “crescendo” and takes us into sweet release. Then I hear the beautiful singing in tongues throughout the congregation as the expression of the bride’s song as it reaches unto the groom’s ears. I though I was already in heaven, but it was heaven touching earth! Bright clouds appear in the sanctuary where a thin haze lingers in refracted light. The worship intertwines melodically with the song of the bride calling to her lover and His powerful presence comes thick and weighty among us to the point where all that is desired is to stay still before Him and soak, and gazing into the face Jesus’ Holiness. So we wait on Him in His presence, so intimate is it. Will He speak to us… as a lover speaks in such words to the one He loves?  And of course He does speak to our hearts so that each of us undeniably recognize that it is Jesus who is speaking to His beloved. What an amazing experience… time and again in the house of the Lord.

The Very Same God

I think all church musicians relish an experience of this kind and are blessed beyond measure to take part in allowing the Spirit of God to work through them at this level. The church is called to be the very Gate of God in Scripture, the place where people can meet and experience God in this personal way. The angels are working in the atmosphere charges with His divine presence. The presence of God meets us and we stagger under His healing wings. He is among us. He’s right here to meet every single need. So it is no doubt likely that His beams which stream forth from His hands as touching us should cause us to be overwhelmed.  Here we discover we have a personal God, who loves us, and truly cares, and has come to make a difference in our lives today!  We see the manifestations of His hand and power reverse everything that the enemy of our soul came to destroy. The very nature of God is creativity so when He comes to dwell in the praises of His people we expect the creative God to re-create among us. Miracles flow in this type atmosphere.

JESUS IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER! (Hebrews 13:8)

Rod Lambur