Hebrews 11:12, “Therefore from one person, and this one as
good as dead, descendants were born, ‘as many as the stars of heaven and as the
innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.’”
Grains
Have you ever arrived early to a concert and heard the odd
screeching and twanging sounds of instruments warming up? Especially if the
concert is given by beginning musicians and you wonder why you accepted the
invitation.
Yet suddenly under the conductor’s hand all becomes still
and then individual notes rise and blend into shape and sound and a melody
flows into the audience. Art shaped by long hours obedient to repeating scales,
to practiced pieces, to the music’s heart, and to the conductor’s authority, harmonize
into a whole.
Each note played by each instrument as a necessary voice.
Each often prepared in solitude over many hours of wondering if it would ever
come out right. Yet for the hope and desire within they stayed the course
towards creating music. As Abraham trusted in God’s creative power in and
through him beyond his own capabilities.
The power of one heart in obedience to the Lord has
consequences far beyond our imagination and far beyond our single notes.
Help us each one, Lord, to become instruments of faith in Your
concert.
Your thoughts,
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