1Sa
18:10-11, “And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God
came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played
with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I
will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his
presence twice.”
In the sixteenth chapter of I Samuel
it is recorded that David was successful when he played for the troubled
king. David must have been thankful that
with God’s help, he was able to minister to Saul successfully. This time, however, was different. David came into the presence of Saul and
ministered to him “as at other times” but the music therapy did not help the
king as it had done before.
This time rather than being
refreshed and made well so that the evil spirit was forced to withdraw from the
troubled king, Saul purposed in his heart to kill the ministering
musician. The Scripture records that David
nagan im yad (5059, 5973, 3027) i.e. he played with his open hand. Playing the kinnor with an open hand connoted
skillful playing with the fingers rather than mere strumming.
David was faithful to minister in
the best way that he could, but his musical ministry did not help the king ‘as
at other times”. God expects his
ministering servants to be faithful but he does not promise that those who are
ministered to will respond spiritually and emotionally to the musicer’s
musicing. Christ’s parable in Matthew 25:23 reminds his musical servants to be
faithful servants when He said, “His lord said unto him, Well done, good and
faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee
ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
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