A few weeks past we studied about worship and how King David wrote a "Miktam" to God. We discovered a Miktam is not precisely known but is possibly a personal song written on David's heart. Another way is to say it was tattooed or engraved on his heart.
There are songs we hear during the course of our daily routine which triggers our memories. Songs we sang or danced to in the past, these songs, stir our memory. When we hear it on the radio or television, it brings to mind a special occasion, a love for someone, even times of difficulties at some point in our lives.
A Miktam of David,
Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
Psalm 16.
This Psalm begins with, “A Miktam of David.” Most biblical scholars agree that the word Miktam is uncertain. Appearing six times in the Hebrew scriptures: Starting in Psalm 16, and also noted in Psalms 56-60.
Psalm 16:1 begins with “Protect me, O God,” the additional verses declare David's confidence in the Lord who protects. The one who provides counsel, instruction, support, offers peace, life, happiness, and pleasures forever. Like the songs of the world we relate to during our lives, David worships God from the songs he inscribed on his heart.
Songs that have been birthed from a heartfelt appreciation to God, in times of deep struggles and times of surpassing joy.
We can conclude that like the Miktam of David. Worship needs to occur from the heart, it is a response to what we have written about God in our hearts. A heartfelt appreciation to God that will nevermore be forgotten.
