Sin....
I purchased a guitar today and I am going to attempt to learn how to play. It is not only fun learning but painful. To bad God didn't gift me to just know how to play. Anyway as I was reflecting on how bad I am I felt God speak to me about how the guitar is like our spiritual life.
I was thinking about how gifted some people are and how beautiful the sounds are that come from the same instrument that I am attempting to play. I was laughing inside that someone could actually get something meaningful to come out of my guitar. That is when God starting talking to me. HE started by reminding me that it would take time and practice to learn how to play and that I would have to remember to keep it tuned. Nothing about that surprised me at all. I knew all those things to be true.
That is when HE started to unpack it... HE started by saying that even the best guitar players have an off night, not only that sometimes they make a bad note or break a string in the middle of a concert. That is when I thought about the definition of sin... It comes from archery and anytime you miss the bulls eye (missing the mark) it is called "sin". Well for Christians our target is Jesus and I miss the target a lot. Well with the guitar I'm learning a lot about missing the target.... I'm amazed at how hard it is to get my fingers to do what I want them to. But the same is true in my spiritual life....
I started to think about someone playing the guitar like it is suppose to be played and the music that comes from it. It attracts people to watch and listen too whomever is playing. Just like our spiritual life, when we live in tune with God we attract people. They wonder why our life seems so different. But when someone like me who really has no idea how to even play the guitar plays it isn't going to attract anyone, it barely attracts my 21 month old. Just like to guitar needs to be tuned on a regular basis we too need to tune ourselves with God's will. We need to speak to HIM regularly, we need to be around other believers, we need to sharpen our skills with the WORD. The best guitar players don't quit practicing or trying to improve on there skill.
I wonder where in my life I need to be tuned up and I wonder where the areas of my life are sounding good to God. I need to continue to fine tune the good areas and get some help with the tuning of the other areas? Just as I am learning to play the guitar and finding frustration in what I can't do, I at times find myself frustrated in the areas of my life that I continue to fall short in. I can't get myself to do what I know I am supposed to do. If there is one little thing wrong with the guitar it will not sound like it was designed to. If we have one little thing wrong with our lives we miss the mark.... I think too often we only see and/or hear the bad notes in people. Even in ourselves. I think God sees and hears the beautiful music we play and is enjoying it, I think he is pleased we are continually trying to get ourselves tuned. Although I believe God knocks on different doors of our life HE isn't condemning us.... HE is just asking us if HE could help us tune up another part of our life.
God continue to reveal the areas of my life that need tuning. I want to play beautiful music with my actions, thoughts and my words....
Amen.
I was thinking about how gifted some people are and how beautiful the sounds are that come from the same instrument that I am attempting to play. I was laughing inside that someone could actually get something meaningful to come out of my guitar. That is when God starting talking to me. HE started by reminding me that it would take time and practice to learn how to play and that I would have to remember to keep it tuned. Nothing about that surprised me at all. I knew all those things to be true.
That is when HE started to unpack it... HE started by saying that even the best guitar players have an off night, not only that sometimes they make a bad note or break a string in the middle of a concert. That is when I thought about the definition of sin... It comes from archery and anytime you miss the bulls eye (missing the mark) it is called "sin". Well for Christians our target is Jesus and I miss the target a lot. Well with the guitar I'm learning a lot about missing the target.... I'm amazed at how hard it is to get my fingers to do what I want them to. But the same is true in my spiritual life....
I started to think about someone playing the guitar like it is suppose to be played and the music that comes from it. It attracts people to watch and listen too whomever is playing. Just like our spiritual life, when we live in tune with God we attract people. They wonder why our life seems so different. But when someone like me who really has no idea how to even play the guitar plays it isn't going to attract anyone, it barely attracts my 21 month old. Just like to guitar needs to be tuned on a regular basis we too need to tune ourselves with God's will. We need to speak to HIM regularly, we need to be around other believers, we need to sharpen our skills with the WORD. The best guitar players don't quit practicing or trying to improve on there skill.
I wonder where in my life I need to be tuned up and I wonder where the areas of my life are sounding good to God. I need to continue to fine tune the good areas and get some help with the tuning of the other areas? Just as I am learning to play the guitar and finding frustration in what I can't do, I at times find myself frustrated in the areas of my life that I continue to fall short in. I can't get myself to do what I know I am supposed to do. If there is one little thing wrong with the guitar it will not sound like it was designed to. If we have one little thing wrong with our lives we miss the mark.... I think too often we only see and/or hear the bad notes in people. Even in ourselves. I think God sees and hears the beautiful music we play and is enjoying it, I think he is pleased we are continually trying to get ourselves tuned. Although I believe God knocks on different doors of our life HE isn't condemning us.... HE is just asking us if HE could help us tune up another part of our life.
God continue to reveal the areas of my life that need tuning. I want to play beautiful music with my actions, thoughts and my words....
Amen.
posted by Andy Rainey at Monday, July 25, 2005
1 Comments:
good stuff. alot of things can bring a guitar (or us) out of tune. and every so often the guitar (we) needs a new set of strings. what resembles the new strings in our lives? sometimes tuning old strings can fix the sound temporarily, but the strings still sound dull and go out of tune. when the new strings are put on, the sound is fresh and renewed. wow, this stuff is great, thanks man.
j-steg
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