The psalmist Asaph was a celebrated musician in David's time and a leader of the temple music.
1 Chronicles 16:5 (New International Version)
5 Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel,[a] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals,
1 Chronicles 16:7 (New International Version)
7 That day David first appointed Asaph and his associates to give praise to the LORD in this manner:
He was definitely a singer and most likely a writer of several psalms that reveal what was in his thought closet.
On what did Asaph meditate on in this verse?
Psalm 77:11-12 (New International Version)
11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
12 I will consider all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”
I take it to mean that he meditated on the things that God had done for him and the others that had gone before him.
ReplyDeleteWe have the benefit of reading what God did for people in the Bible and we also have the benefit of reading books of more modern day Christians like Oswald Chambers, and Hudson Taylor, and Amy Charmichael, but we also have the technology to rub shoulders with people like Beth Moore who God had used mightily! We have way more to ponder than Asaph did and praise God He designed our brains to be able to handle the MORE!!!
He was meditating on all that the Lord had done. Vs 12 in the NLT says, "They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about them".
ReplyDeleteI like that version Michele!
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