Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.
David prepared for rejoicing before there was something visible to rejoice over!! In chapter fifth-teen of this book David is about to move the Ark of the Tabernacle back to Jerusalem. He had attempted to do this before but because they used a cart and not the Levites carrying the Ark, God burst through in judgment and killed a man who reached out and touched the ark with the oxen stumble and the wagon began to tip. This incident was fresh on the minds of all Israel. But, David confessed his sin and was now about to move the Ark, correctly, and he prepares prior to the move, for an awesome celebration. We sometimes think of worship as something we do AFTER God does something. But, David gives us a great lesson in this text that we ought to prepare prior for a celebration, in anticipation of what God is ABOUT to do. We can worship AFTER; there is nothing wrong with that. But there is something special about preparing for what God is ABOUT to make happen. That is true worship by faith. Daniel's three friends did that just before they were tossed into the fire ... they worshipped God whether they would live or die. They didn't know which one. They worship for what God was ABOUT to do. We ought to be intentional, in the above manner, with our worship. Waiting for God to do something and then worship is a great idea. But, preparing prior to God's working is truly worshiping by faith.
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