Friday, September 18, 2015

There is No Substitute for Musical Skill-Part 2

There is No Substitute for Musical Skill-Part 2
                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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