The Tune
There is this tune playing. You may not be aware of it now, but if you listen, you can hear it.
I can hear instuments. Each instrument in harmony with the others - tuned properly, playing the correct key, in time with the correct rhythm, creating the right notes - each being worked masterfully in the hands of the musician.
The instrument takes no credit for the tune. The music produced is a direct reflection of the musician. The instrument has the potential to play wrong notes; to be out of tune; to utilize only a few of its notes. Yet, it is in the hands of the master musician that the instrument comes fully alive, the two become one, resulting in music that resonates with the hearts of the listeners.
The instrument has a potential that only a gifted musician can exploit. Happy at first to be playing one note, then progressing to a chord, two chords, introducing a rhythm and a beat, and as it submits itself to the musician, it starts to play the tune in a way that it could never imagine.
Some instruments play the main melody, some play harmonizing parts. Yet, all contribute to make something rich and breathtaking, coming together to fulfil what the composer envisaged when writing the tune. As different instruments join the tune, the music becomes more and more beautiful, each one making its own special and unique contribution. As the sound of each instrument unites and floods the surroundings, the world starts to tap their feet, fingers drum, heads sway, hearts race. People who once couldn’t hear the tune, now stop and let the beauty of the music wash over them.
There is this tune playing. An eternal tune. God is the composer; Jesus the conductor; the Spirit the musician. They are playing the music through history. It is God’s tune, he has written it but we can all take part. God invites us to join in, to let his fingers strum our lives, to let his beauty flow through us, and join the melody that will continue forever.
