As the scriptures point out, we are to be strong,
while we stay in the same situation wherein we
were when we were called:
Let every man abide in the same calling
wherein he was called. (1 Corinthians 7:20)
So while we may be removing ourselves from
being in a temptation we cannot resist, it is
better to gain strength against that temptation,
so that you will not have to flee.
For then we can do what Yesus prayed for,
namely that we are being kept from evil, while
being in the world. Then we can company with those
people who do slackness, and try to tell them
about the Message of Salvation that is for
everyone.
Everywhere we go in this world, we will see
slackness. I mean, when you go to the so-called
Christian Industry, you will see the same. When
you go to the so-called Churches, you will see the
same. It's everywhere!
So then, what do we have to do? Continue to
remove ourselves from every scene and culture and
industry? No! The Bible is clear in that.
We should train ourselves into resisting
temptation. We should ask Jah to make us immune as
it were for the temptations. And we do so, by
focusing ourselves to the things we have been
given in Kristos.
When I was called, I was well into Reggae
Music. The music had already been used by the Most
High to teach me about His existence so to speak.
I had already done my first steps in voicing over
Dubs and you could say that I was eating, drinking
and breathing Reggae Music continually.
Then I was called. It was august 6th, 1985. I
spent a couple of years learning to know Jah on a
personal basis, before Yesus showed me I am a
Dreadlocksman and He led me to start up a band and
so on.
As a band, and in other settings as well, I
performed on stages where the average so-called
"Gospel" band would never play. I have
seen the enormous influence that Reggae Music can
have, truly bringing some positive and good vibes
where it is oh, so necessary. I review music by
"non-Christians", et cetera. And all of
these artists are responsible for themselves just
what they do.
My own music will not carry slackness. It will
not carry occultic messages either. My lyrics will
be praising JAH, spreading the true Gospel of
Yesus Kristos. But I will not be "preaching
for the choir" as it were, in order to keep
myself in some safe surrounding where I will never
learn to resist temptation.
I'm not saying, that I'm perfect. Far from
that! I'm not saying, that I never engage
temptation or worse, fall into traps. I would be a
liar, when I would claim such a thing. And yes, I
have also removed myself from situations where the
temptations were "too strong to resist"
as it were.
But as I can look back to over 20 years in
which I know myself to be born again through Yesus
Kristos, and I see that even though I have sin in
my flesh, Jah has kept me from evil, and while I
stayed in the same calling as where I was in when
I was called, He made me stronger and stronger
until I reach where I am now.
I know, that just like Yesus was called a
fornicator and a drunkard because He communicated
with prostitutes and drank wine, so are some of
His disciples called in the same way. I know, that
some call me a fornicator and a "drug
user" because I communicate with
"slackness artists", reviewing their
music and am not against herb smoking persay
either.
But in this situation where I am in, being a
reviewer and an artist and so on, I am who I am. I
am (a) Messian Dread, I follow Yesus Kristos my
Lord God and Saviour. I will tell everyone who
wants to hear about the Salvation that is in Him.
I will chant down Babylon and call people to step
out of her.
May we all grow to be strong, to be immune for
temptations, so that we can be fruitful in the
calling wherein we were when we are called.
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