2Kings
3:15 states, “But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.”
Why did Elisha ask for a minstrel
during his time of need? Surely Jehovah
was abundantly able to help him and to supply the needed wisdom. We know from other instances of prophesies
that music was not a requirement for God’s prophet to receive the message of
Jehovah. I believe that the prophet
of God called for a minstrel (nagan 5059) which was a singer-player because he
recognized that music had great power.
Somehow the mood, associations, or calming effect that it produced made
it possible, in this instance, for Elisha to hear the message of God. It is no notion or joke that the music was
efficacious in its ability to help the prophet receive the “word of the Lord”. We know this as a fact because verse fifteen
states, “And it came to pass, when the minstrel play, that the hand of the LORD
came upon him.”
Note that it states that “while” the
minstrel musiced not after or before evidently the sound sequences prepared the
prophet to receive the truth that God had for ancient Israel. So, this OT example left for us in the Second
Book of Kings teaches that our musicing can prepare the atmosphere before, during,
and even after the congregation receives the Word of God from the minister
No comments:
Post a Comment