THE OFFICE OF THE LEVITES AND THE SINGERS
“And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order” 1 Chronicles 6:32
The Levites and Singers were designed by God to perform a very significant role in worship with such a deep reverence and responsibility towards God and man.
God ordained the Levites and Singers to a place of Authority and Responsibility in his agenda through the instrumentality of an Office by which they function from.
Through the scriptures, the major reformation carried out for the worship of God was done with the restoration of the Levites and Singers back to their place of authority which is their Office.
The Office of the Levites and Singers has the power to bless. The Office comes with its blessings and anointing.
The operation of the Levites and Singers from their Offices is as important as the services that are received through them. So sad to see how that office has been gradually scrapped out or in some places not considered to be important in worship services, mostly due to selfish reasons or due to ignorance of what God says about it.
Whatever will become of music and worship in the Church must begin with the recognition of the place of the Office of the Levites and Singers (musicians) in the program of God because the Bible clearly shows us that God himself ordained it. (1Cor. 9:14)
The Office, as we should know does not refer to the four walls of a room but the recognition, acceptance and placing a value to what God himself places value to as it pertains His worshippers.
-Why should someone ignore the place of the Office?
-Why has it been abused by those that are supposed to be occupying it?
-Why has it become a subject of ridicule, argument and debate over time?
One of the reasons may not be far from the benefits that come along with the Office. Many Churches try to create an escape route from fulfilling the demands of maintaining the Office and its officers. How sad to note how some Churches have devised their own pattern by changing the design and purpose of the Levites and Singers to appeal to their schemes. But whatever the Church has come out with, to invent to think it would be a substitute to what God has ordained would never work out well.
Until we come to terms with the original Plan, Design, and Purpose of God for the musicians in Church, and we give a welcome acceptance to the Authority God has placed on the Levites and Singers, the Church would just continue to have a bunch of good singers that entertain them and don’t operate with the Office of God on their lives because the Office comes along with the anointing which most Music Ministers cannot have access to because of an alteration in God’s design.
