Appointed to Humbly Minister
I Chronicles 16:4
states, “And he appointed certain of
the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank,
and praise the LORD God of Israel.”
The Hebrew word Nathan (5414) which has
been translated appointed in this verse is used in the O.T. with great latitude. In this verse it connotes to assign or to commit.
King David assigned or committed the Levite musicians to minister to Jehovah
Elohim (3068, 430) the self-existent eternal god who is the supreme exceeding God. The word certain does not appear in the
original text so this appointment was not an esoteric calling for a small
number of musicians, but rather that God appointed all these musicians to
minister unto Him.
The Hebrew word sharath (8334) translated
minister means to serve, wait on, or minister as a menial worshiper. These Levite musicians were by no means “menials”. However, they were instructed to minister in
the spirit of humility like the most menial worshiper who worshiped Jehovah
Elohim.
As kings and priests unto God (see The Revelation
1:6) we, as Christian musicians, are appointed by our heavenly Father to
minister musically unto god and unto his people. No matter how accomplished we are as
musicians, we are commanded to wait on or serve others with our musicing in the
spirit of humility.
No comments:
Post a Comment