“They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.”
1 Chronicles 6:32 (NIV)
King David was a skilled musician, as well as a skilled songwriter, and of course a mighty warrior. We wouldn’t normally think that warrior and musician go hand in hand, but God put both of these essential skills into this one man called David. As we read the accounts contained in 1 Chronicles of how David organized musicians, and gave them instructions, we might think that this focus on musicians and music in the Presence of the LORD is due only to David’s natural tendencies. A more biblical view would recognize that David’s personal worship of the LORD and personal understanding of God’s character and God’s salvation that rings through all David’s psalms- made David’s heart sing, and he recognized that all who come before the LORD - including angels on the day of creation- sing and make music in the Presence of the LORD, because His saving Presence brings forth music. So David spent the time and the money and the energy to find musicians, to train them and to create regulations for them in how to fill the tabernacle where God’s Presence dwells with sounds of praise, trusting that his son Solomon would use these trained musicians to fill the temple with praise. Is the Lord present in you today? Is there a song in my heart today? Let's praise Him today!
No comments:
Post a Comment