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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