1 Chronicles 6:31
These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there.
1 Chronicles 9:33
Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.
Tag: Singing as a Tool for Worship
The main subject in the above verse(s) is the act of worship through song. David established the sons of Kohath (the Kohathites) to be over the act of worship in the specific area of song. They were to be in charge this act of worship 'day and night." The book of Psalms contains many of their works. Many of the unidentified composers of the Psalms would probably fall into this family. It was their role and responsibility to compose the songs sung in worship to God. What a marvelous job. God desires worship from those He creates and He gives them the talent and skill to create the songs that worship Him. Song writing is a billion dollar business today. Not like the Kohathites, however. Today we write songs to get to the top ten list. We write songs to sell albums. The Kohathites wrote songs for worship because their role and responsibility.. We aren't operating the church like that today, but it is amazing how churches have turned song writing, intended to worship the God of the universe, into a money making machine. There is nothing wrong with that, unless the thing that is being worshiped in the song is the singer, the song writer and his/her agent.
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