Music and Song

by | May 26, 2025 | Vital Life Application Devotions

14 Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might,

The people around David probably grew accustomed to his musical outbursts. After all, and much to the chagrin of Saul’s daughter, it was King David who danced “before the Lord with all his might”. Moreover, David wrote many of the psalms. We can imagine the shepherd-king in his bedchamber at night strumming his harp and composing yet another song to the Lord. But David was hardly a soloist in the family of God.

The whole Bible reverberates with the songs of people so enraptured by God’s work that their day-to-day lives gave way to melody. Moses and Miriam harmonized praise after God had led his people out of Egypt. Solomon sang his way through Song of Songs, celebrating the marriage relationship between a husband and wife. Isaiah offered a prophetic song from the coming choir of the new Jerusalem. Mary, when told that she would give birth to the Son of God, lifted a song to the child’s Father in heaven. Paul and Silas shouted their praise, and God split the walls of their cellblock. The Bible is full of the songs of God’s people.

What does this biblical legacy of song say about us? We sing, as Moses, David, and Mary sang, because God is worthy of song. When David opened his song, the attributes of God came streaming out of the king’s mouth so quickly that he barely formed sentences: “my rock,” “my fortress,” “my deliverer,” “my shield,” “my salvation,” “my stronghold,” “my refuge.”

Like David, may we be so overcome by the knowledge of God that our natural response is to burst forth in song. May we sing from a heart-knowledge of God— longing after him with our greatest affections and deepest desires.

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