Sing a Song part 16

To put it another way, there is no doubt that David was permitted by God to use instruments. (I Samuel 10:5,6) There is no doubt that David used them to praise God, to play songs of thanksgiving or remorse or sadness or anxiety. No doubt He loved to hear David play and sing to Him. In the most practical sense of the term, David's life was worship, although sometimes false worship, but nonetheless worship to God, as God was in front of David's mind and heart, even though there were times he chose to ignore the true God, much like Adam. This presence of God is acknowledged in Psalms 81:1-3 and Psalms 87:7. He praises, gives thanks, and lives his life with God in his music. Psalms 95:1-2 and Psalms 92:1-3 indicate that David's heart is pure and not for anything but worship of God. His people's intentions were this too because they sang to God. This is recorded so many times in the Old Testament. In I Kings 1:40, God's people for example sang with instruments and the mind of the people was on God, not on how they could sharpen their instruments or skill in order to better portray God. A good comparison might be to the tongues of angels that Paul spoke of in I Corinthians 13. If he didn't have love, then what did it matter whether he could play the entire Tchaikovsky Concerto in C# minor like Horowitz? David was happy to sing to God, was happy to play to God. And this joy is shown in Psalms 104:33, 105:2, 135:1,23 and 144:9. David also had a passion to sing to God, as in Psalms 84. David in Psalms 81 displays such a yearning for the presence and capacity to praise God with all His being. Nothing David did would ever be enough. Why? Because David knew that God is in control. He is the one entitled to praise and glory. He controls rain, sun, all strength and music more than any other entity one can depict. He is above all. (Psalms 8:1-9) All the earth, all the heavens are under His control. He chooses the weaklings among all the people in the earth in order that He is believed above all others and that people know His strength, His wisdom, and not anyone else's which is far inferior to anything He can put forth. Who but He could make the beasts of the field to lie down with the birds of the air? Only the heavenly Father.