Soft Music For A Hard Heart
How's it going everybody? I am very very sorry for not blogging in such a long time. I got really busy one week and went to see my brother and sisters and their spouses last week. Now here we are again and I promise to do better in blogging.
Let's get back to the book on David: A Man of Passion And Destiny. The third chapter is on Soft Music For A Hard Heart. It is taken from 1 Samuel 16:14 through 23. At this moment Saul has lost the Holy Spirit from God and He gave him an evil spirit to torment him (1 Sam. 16:14). Notice that the text indicates that God took away His Spirit and gave Saul a tormenting spirit. Swindoll says that the Hebrew word there says "... terrorize carries the idea of falling upon, startling, or overwhelming". This happened because of Saul's continual acts of disobedience toward God. The Lord had finally had enough and took away His hand of blessing from Saul. And now Saul has an evil spirit that haunts him on a continual basis and everyone around him seems to know this. They suggest to Saul that he get somebody who knows how to play the harp to come and play for him when this evil spirit comes on him (1 Sam. 16:16). When they do this Saul takes them up on it (16:17) and then someone suggests David (v. 18). It is remarkable how God puts the right people in our lives who He uses to open the door for us to be used for His glory. So, Saul learns of David's credentials and has David brought in (1 Sam. 16:19-20). Keep in mind David is the king-elect, but he doesn't ever try to kick Saul off the thrown. All David did was do his duty (vv. 21-22).
David's music certainly did the trick. Whenever the evil spirit came on Saul, David played for him and soothed his spirit calmly(v. 23). Music has always had a profound effect on people all through the ages.
More on David next week. In conclusion, please pray for a couple of friends of mine. They recently sent out an email saying they want to go to Sunset this year and want to be missionaries. Praise God for them and for people like them who want to serve Him. We need a lot more people like them who want to serve God by speaking His Word through out the world (Eph. 3:7). There is so much need here in the US and all over the world. But there's not exactly a lot of people rushing out to do it. So, please pray for God to send out more workers for the harvest field (Matt. 9:37-38).
Let's get back to the book on David: A Man of Passion And Destiny. The third chapter is on Soft Music For A Hard Heart. It is taken from 1 Samuel 16:14 through 23. At this moment Saul has lost the Holy Spirit from God and He gave him an evil spirit to torment him (1 Sam. 16:14). Notice that the text indicates that God took away His Spirit and gave Saul a tormenting spirit. Swindoll says that the Hebrew word there says "... terrorize carries the idea of falling upon, startling, or overwhelming". This happened because of Saul's continual acts of disobedience toward God. The Lord had finally had enough and took away His hand of blessing from Saul. And now Saul has an evil spirit that haunts him on a continual basis and everyone around him seems to know this. They suggest to Saul that he get somebody who knows how to play the harp to come and play for him when this evil spirit comes on him (1 Sam. 16:16). When they do this Saul takes them up on it (16:17) and then someone suggests David (v. 18). It is remarkable how God puts the right people in our lives who He uses to open the door for us to be used for His glory. So, Saul learns of David's credentials and has David brought in (1 Sam. 16:19-20). Keep in mind David is the king-elect, but he doesn't ever try to kick Saul off the thrown. All David did was do his duty (vv. 21-22).
David's music certainly did the trick. Whenever the evil spirit came on Saul, David played for him and soothed his spirit calmly(v. 23). Music has always had a profound effect on people all through the ages.
More on David next week. In conclusion, please pray for a couple of friends of mine. They recently sent out an email saying they want to go to Sunset this year and want to be missionaries. Praise God for them and for people like them who want to serve Him. We need a lot more people like them who want to serve God by speaking His Word through out the world (Eph. 3:7). There is so much need here in the US and all over the world. But there's not exactly a lot of people rushing out to do it. So, please pray for God to send out more workers for the harvest field (Matt. 9:37-38).
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