I Samuel 16:23, “And it came to pass, when the
evil spirit from God [allowed by God] was upon Saul, that David took an harp,
and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil
spirit departed from him.”
David
was very well prepared musically. This scripture
tells us that he nagan im yad (5059, 5973, 3027) i.e. he played with his open
hand as opposed to playing with a pick in the closed hand. It is believed that the kinnor (3658) was usually
played with a pick bur David played with his fingers indicating that he could
play skillfully. Also, in I Samuel 16:18
states that one of Saul’s servants had seen David play the kinnor and reported
that he was a cunning player (yada, 3045-nagan 5059). Nagan means to thrum
with the fingers thus supporting the belief that David was a skillful player and
yada connotes knowledgeable playing.
So with
all of this in mind we can understand that one of the main reasons that David
was given the opportunity to minister musically to King Saul was that David was
prepared musically. As I mentioned
earlier in our discussion, God allows musicians to serve Him in as great a
capacity as we are capable to do based on our musical preparation. Therefore, we should plan for life-long
continued music preparation in order for us to give Him the best that we are
capable of giving musically.
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