‘Pray with the
realization that you are perfect only in Christ Jesus, not on the basis of this
argument: “Oh, Lord, I have done my
best; please hear me now.” How long is it going to take God to free us from
the unhealthy habit of thinking only about ourselves? We must get to the point
of being sick to death of ourselves, until there is no longer any surprise at
anything God might tell us about ourselves. We cannot reach and understand the
depths of our own meagerness. There is
only one place where we are right with God, and that is in Christ Jesus.
Once we are there, we have to pour out our lives for all we are worth in this
ministry of the inner life.’ CHAMBERS
Our Christian life is not about doing our best to find favor with God
.. it is about being our best and
the only way we can be our best is to be
connected to the Vine … John
15:5 In the song “Come thou Fount”,
one stanza says “Tune my heart to sing Thy praise” Our life is like a guitar string that is out
of tune. Only people with a musical ear
will know that it is not in tune … others will think it sounds fine .. that is
until a chord is played and then the need for tuning will be very apparent. I remember a few years ago my friend and
Brother, Andrew, and I were preaching and leading worship at a revival in
Waveland. Andrew had laid is guitar down
while I spoke. Unknown to either of us,
while I was speaking one of Andrew’s sons has accidentally de-tuned his guitar. When Andrew came up to lead music, he played
the first chord and strange sounds came from his guitar … it took us a minute
to figure out what had happened … it would have been very awkward to retune his
guitar at that point so Andrew decided we would sing without a guitar accompaniment
…….. God tunes our hearts not only so
that the tone emanating from our life will be right, but so when played
together with the other strings .. the sound will be wonderful .. rich …
pleasing to the Father’s ears. The song
of salvation was meant to be sung with the accompaniment of the Saints … in
harmony.
I play the guitar well enough to get a
recognizable tune out of it, but when a skilled guitarist picks up the same
instrument … you wonder how can such a magnificent sound come out of a guitar …
so it is with us in God’s hands. On our
own, our ‘goodness’ might be recognizable to the world, but in the Master’s
hands … we are a marvel and a testimony to God’s love, grace and mercy.
So today, tune up and let the world hear your song
… to God’s glory and praise.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
No comments:
Post a Comment