The Spiritual Song - Exploring Prophetic Worship by Mike Herron

(Ps 45:1)

This brief and artistic verse describes the heart of the musical-prophetic process. In the context of music being played (this is a Psalm) beautiful words and thoughts begin to stir strong, emotional, pleasurable feelings in the musician/singer. It takes place in the in ner man, both the heart and the mind. The ‘ lovely poem’ means that it is ‘good, desirable, pleasant, usable,’ it builds up the faith and courage of the hearers and causes them to love and trust the Lord. The ‘ tongue ’ is the Hebrew word for language and it becomes the ‘stylus’ or writing tool of the skillful scribe. The Holy Spi rit is the ‘poet/scribe/writer.’ This word describes a commander who keeps closely guarded secrets and teaches the meaning of private documents. Prophecy is a process of God revealing his thoughts to us. ‘Skillful’ means ‘quick, prompt, experienced.’ Holy Spirit inspiration usually comes quickly to the hearer. The entire message or song is not often revealed to the person who will prophesy. Usually the beginning words, thoughts and melody come to the singer’s mind as well as a strong inner prompting. At this point, the singer/musician must make the decision to all ow their tongue to be God’s pen.