Have you ever given any thought to whether or not God has rhythm? Well, I have. And my research took me straight to Geneses 2:2-3. Scriptures reads that…”And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested(*) on the seventh day from all his work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”

Now, here is something I never realized before: God takes no ‘rest’ periods from His creating everything from the first day to the sixth day. It is not only to the end of the 7th day’s work that God is mentioned as the day God allowed Himself to take a rest. In other words, God was going about completing God’s business before He stopped to rest. What a sanctimonious picture for us to meditate on as we evaluate our individual services unto God. (Just how many ‘breaks‘ do we take from our labor each and every day, let alone each week And as for God’s acumen capabilities, they are beyond comprehension.

Now let’s move on to God’s musical talents and inventions He especially adorned to a little Shepherd boy named David who would soon be king of all Israel in 1300 B. C.

 As a period is to a sentence, so a song is to the church.   Every denomination combines melodic tunes or rhythmic chants to their worship experience.  From its beginning until now, the church has used the same means of united rhythmic expression to perpetuate and spread the ideas for which it stands through song.  Thus establishing, without a doubt, that the best means for writing ideas on peoples' hearts is through music.

David was very much aware of this universal truth even as a boy.  His contribution to the world through the psalms is proof that music has no barriers and can be enjoyed by all races and nationalities.

The Book of Psalms reveal to us that there was much singing and many musical instruments in the camps of the children of Israel.  They had stringed instruments; the flute, pipe, horn, and trumpet:  and percussion instruments; the timbrel, cymbals and drum.

Listed below is a list of some of the home-made musical instruments that God put in David's heart to fashion.  He also learned his musical skills from sages and musicians of that time period.

EXAMPLES: INSTRUMENT	MATERIALS
Rams Horn	Remove horns from ram’s head.
Small Harp (lyre)	Fashion wooden frame from tree limb.
Small Drum	Hollow out tree trunk for base. Use sheep hide for covering. Use sheep’s gut for ties.
Flute, Clarinet, and Piccolo	Whittle out Rabbit’s leg bone for high pitch sounds. Whittle out tree limb for medium sounds. Use the reeds from the nearby brook for flute-like sounds.
Tamborine	Use sheep hide or membrane to cover over jawbone of large animal. (It is recorded that David slew a lion and a bear.)
Small Cymbals	Thread small, flat, smooth stones onto thin slivers of bark. Shake or clang them together.
Whistle or Xylophone	Use teeth from large animal (bear) or bones from birds or other small animals.

The Book of Psalms reveal to us that there was much singing and many musical instruments in the camps of the children of Israel. They had stringed instruments; mainly the harp and psaltery: woodwind instruments; the flute, pipe, horn, and trumpet: and percussion instruments; the timbrel, cymbals and drum.

With the above prelude on God’s humanity features, I am hopeful that you now see another dimension of the awesomeness of our Lord and Savior. Stand in front of a mirror. What do you see? I see a reflection of the Lord Jesus looking back at me. Nevertheless, I have made an appointment with my closet. (You’ll get that as you drive home.)

(*) NOTE: It is a promise that God himself will be our source of rest and peace. And it is an example in that while God didn’t need rest, he “rested” on this seventh day in order to build a rhythm into his creation for his people who do (need rest). (Quote from Google posted Dec 22, 2019)

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