Music and Muscing Considered as Prayer

Music and Muscing Considered as Prayer

Psalm 90:1, A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

            There are authors who have thought that Moses was not the author of this Psalm. However, there is no solid reason to doubt that this was indeed a prayer of Moses.  Be that as it may, the thought that feeds my soul is that this prayer was a song.  The fact that it is a psalm has not been disputed as far as my research can establish.  I suppose that some writer has doubted that the “man of God” wrote a prayer-song, but that fact should not disturb any of us because there have been many songs written that were prayers. 

            The significant thought is that this ancient musician treated songs as prayers.  That suggests to me that he had much respect for sacred music and musicing at this ancient period in the Life of the Israelites.  When the man of God had a serious request of God, he sang his request.  Musicing has become a professional performance practice for many Christian musicians.  To Moses who is recorded as “the man of God”, music and musicing was an opportunity to present his petition to God in the spirit of prayer.  So, if you have a serious request of God, why not try making your request made known unto our wonderful God by singing your prayer unto Him?

Scripture Thought for the Day

1Chronicles 16:9, “Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.”  Song-prayers of what God has done, are a wonderful way to build a Christian’s faith.