“SWEET MUSIC TO HIS EARS” ...Saturday

Devotional...8/17/13

                                             

                   GOD THE FATHER:  THE COMPOSER

                         GOD THE SON:  THE DIRECTOR

                                GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT:  THE MUSICIAN

                                      CHRISTIANS:  THE INSTRUMENTS

                                            BODY OF CHRIST:  THE ORCHESTRA

                                                 UNSAVED WORLD:  THE AUDIENCE

     The goal of the director, Jesus, is to direct the music according to what the composer, the Father, had in mind and in His will when composing it.  The music is our lives.

     The first rule for members of the orchestra is to keep their eyes on the director at all times.  The result is harmony, rhythm, and glorious music.  When we don’t keep our eyes on Him, there is chaos and disharmony.  As in life, if we desire only to do the will of the Father in our lives, there will be harmony in our inner spirits and in our relationships with those we are in contact with in our daily lives.

     What happens when we are in discord with one another?  The audience, (unsaved world) cringes as the music coming from us is repulsive to their ears; pushing them away even further from God.  The only way we can be His witnesses is by serving one another.  Only then will there be harmony which will attract the audience; winning their hearts and lives to Jesus Christ.  They will want to join the orchestra.

   

  Sometimes we instruments get out of tune.  We are either too flat or too sharp.  As a violin, it hurts as my musician, the Holy Spirit, tightens or loosens my strings in order to get better music out of me.  It hurts when God allows discomforts to come into our lives in order to get purer, sweeter notes out of us.

     Depending on the piece of music being played, different instruments will be given larger or smaller parts to play.  We, as God’s instruments should always be content with the parts He has assigned to us.  The composition, made of larger and smaller parts, becomes the majestic beauty of the whole piece.  Each member of the orchestra has been given different  sheets of music, but because of the Divine Composer’s wisdom, they transform into a magnificent symphony that gives glory to Himself.

     There is however, a major difference between instruments and us.  Human beings have free wills.  We can choose to be members of the orchestra, but lock ourselves in our own instrument cases.  These hiding places are of our own making, be they selfishness, limited love, fear, bitterness or apathy.  After a while, an instrument that doesn't play its music will be discarded.

     If our desire is to be used by the Divine Musician to play beautifully for His glory and His world, then we can join St. Francis of Assisi in the prayer:

                                                 

                                         Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.                                            Where there is hatred let me sow your love.

                                                 Where there is doubt, faith,

                                                    Where there is despair, hope,

                                                      Where there is darkness, light,

                                                        Where there is sadness, joy.

O Master, grant that I many not seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.  For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

 Written by                                                                                                                       

 Barbara G. Drotar

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Worship Song for Saturday
This is a bit outside the box

BUT

I see it as an illustration of people

who are instruments

Serving God.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ynpTCyezSQ