“I will give thanks to You with all my heart.
I will make music to praise you in front of the false gods.
I will bow toward Your holy temple.
I will give thanks to Your Name because of Your
Mercy and Truth.
You have made Your Name and Your Promise
Greater than everything.”
Psalm 138:1-2
This begins a series of focused attention on “heart issues,” looking to David. . . one of the most in-tune “heartists” in the Bible. His intimacy and transparency with God gives us a wonderful example of what an authentic relationship with God looks like. May God use David’s heart to bring our own hearts closer to His.
If you have ever had a child in your home who is beginning to learn how to play a musical
instrument, you know the nerve-grinding effects of the squeaks and squawks of that experience.
At first, it’s a jarring attack on your ears and the nerves attached to them. But, you bite your lip at the auditory assault, knowing that it is an inescapable piece of the greater picture . . . the dream of making music that listeners will enjoy hearing. Someday.
David was a young boy, but woven throughout his daily responsibilities, he was learning to be a musician. . . a harpist. He was also a lyricyst . . . and a singer. He had spent much of his early life out in the fields with his daddy’s flock of sheep, responsible for their safety and their need for healthy green pastures to rest from their constant munching. It was a responsibility that required “moving attention” 24/7. It was a lonely job. So David used his little reprieves to make music. He could keep an eye on his sheep as he sang his tunes . . . putting words to the music as he watched over his flock.
David was only a few miles from the city of Jerusalem, and he could see it from the pastures of his father. The Temple of God was there, the place where his people gathered to worship.
Young David could see it, but he had a big responsibility with his father’s sheep, a job that
required his attention day and night.
So from a distance, young David learned to connect with the God of his father . . . his family . . .his people. Out in the fields, throughout the warm, sunny days and the cool, dark nights, he
could look across the hills to Jerusalem, and up into the skies of his Creator as they glimmered with stars and galaxies in the darkness. Every day. Every night. God’s Temple was the crowning Jewel of the busy city of Jerusalem. It was within sight. But David was experiencing a personal connection with God on those hillsides, alone with his father’s sheep.
He learned to sing. . . to play his small harp . . . to make music from his heart to God’s
throughout those early years. And God had His Eye on that little shepherd boy . . . Had a Plan for his life that would have ripples throughout the centuries to come.
We see so little of what God is doing through our circumstances, our families, our seasons of life, and all of the challenges along the Path. Don’t miss the Moments along your Journey that your eyes are drawn Up, your heart reaches towards His, and you catch a Glimpse of His Presence and the Touch of His Spirit, even in the midst of your daily life. Look up. He is near.
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