The Spiritual Song - Exploring Prophetic Worship by Mike Herron

prophetic person. As David soaked his heart, mind and soul in the atmosphere of the prophetic musicians, God was birthing in him the vision for the future Tabernacle of David and Temple of Solomon. This would include courses of Levitical musician/priests who would prophesy with their harps, cymbals and wind instruments before the Ark. Great things are born in humble, and sometimes-stressful circumstances. After three unsuccessful attempts by soldiers to extract David from this prophetic atmosphere, Saul personally journeyed to Samuel’s school to capture him. ‘But on the way to Naioth in Ramah the Spirit of God came even upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy all the way to Naioth! He tore off his clothes and lay naked on the ground all day and all night, prophesying in the presence of Samuel.’ (1 Sam 19:23, 24) This reaction to the prophetic atmosphere is similar to the New Testament description of people reacting to the prophetic: ‘As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring, “God is truly here among you.”’ (1 Cor 14:25) Sa ul’s level of scorn for the activity of the Holy Spirit determined the level of his humiliation. And so the age of prophecy was born interwoven with the gift of music. Singing and playing music causes most areas of the brain to activate; it opens the mind to the moving of the Holy Spirit. The tabernacle of our heart is where we both hear the melodies of heaven and the voice of the Lord.