I was sitting in our service at Ayr Citadel Salvation Army, the other week when our Officer (Pastor) asked us to turn up a song in Mission Praise, nothing unusual in that, however it was the song next to it that caught my attention. It wasn’t for the beauty of the words, or the lovely tune, as it had neither of these. In fact the song didn’t exist, well it did exist, because it had a song number allocated, I think it was 325, however it was not available to be sung. The reason was given in a single line of text, “this Song has been withdrawn due to copyright issues”.
This one sentence made me think and ask a few questions:
- What was the copyright issue?
- Why hadn’t it been resolved?
- What have I missed because the song wasn’t there?
- Did anyone else notice it was missing?
It then struck me that the same thing could happen in my spiritual life, it says in the Bible “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
If we don’t accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we don’t have our Copyright in order, therefore when we get to heaven, will there be an entry next to our name “Withdrawn because of Copyright issues”
What could the possible answers be to those questions in relationship to my personal Copyright?
- The copyright issue was I failed to be covered by the blood of the lamb, in other words I had not accepted Christ as Saviour
- I always reckoned the expiry date was tomorrow, unfortunately tomorrow never came
- I missed the peace and Joy and contentment of being in the safety of Jesus the risen saviour
- Did anyone else notice it was missing? Unfortunately, that I don’t know, however, I am sure 2 would, Myself and God
I know I have to constantly to go back to the source of renewal for my copyright and that is Jesus, sometimes it is easy sometimes it is hard, however the consequences are not just a missing song but a missing soul and a life of living in eternity with God.
Is your copyright up to date?
Robin Black
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