Sing A Song part 14

So then the argument goes that David used instruments. David's heart was pure before God. Did David use instruments while he prayed before God? Is that not what our worship is, an extension of prayer before God? Our minds are so concentrated and so focused on totally pleasing Him that even the songs we sing should be mind felt as well as heart felt. Paul spoke about that in many passages but in particular I Corinthians 14:15. Besides David obviously pleased God in his use of instruments or certainly God would have redirected him. Also in Habakkuk 3:1-19, instruments were directed by the prophet, who was a man of God, and who was making what would probably today be called a "praise song", but in fact was quite common of religious folk, like David and Habakkuk and is also seen in Ezra 3:9,10 and Nahum 12:27,28. Why didn't God say anything at that time? When one thinks about it, these men are directing groups of people in worship or are they merely directing people's mind to worship. Those are two different doxologies. One leads people in their collective approach to the throne of God, the other to stir people to gather to have a collective approach to the throne of God. To direct to go worship the subscribes to using the instruments worship and commingling that with worship. To direct in worship is to point the public mind at that time when they would be collectively in worship to God. Or instrumentation was used in celebration of God, not necessarily a time of worshipful gathering together to listen and commune with God but certainly a time direct people to worship God at some given opportunity. God is the singing God; let us not forget that. God loves music and song and for us to define those specifics would be difficult at best. If we define those specifics we are also putting God in a box. The use of instrumentation in itself would not displease God. The purpose for using them and the manner of using them would indeed have a great deal to do with pleasing God. Do we need an instrument to praise Him in song? Well, some might because they are self-conscious about their voice. That is reverse pride. After all, God made people, so certainly all human voices lifted in praise to God are pleasing to Him. Not all of us are Luciano Pavarotti or Maria Callas. Not everyone can sing. But it is the effort, the desire within one's heart, when delights that one is God's instrument and that He loves them so much that He called them His children and called them to be brethren with Christ Jesus His only begotten.