April 1

Arrows of the Almighty

The Music of the Spheres

“Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?  Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?  Tell me, if you have understanding.  Who determined its measurements—surely you know!  Or who stretched the line upon it?  On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” (Job 38:1-7)

Years ago I had the privilege of singing in an excellent choir when I was a youth pastor at a large Methodist Church.  One year the director of the Westminster Choir College came to give us voice lessons.  I learned that when middle C is struck on the piano the piston bones of our inner ear vibrate exactly 256 times per second.  Our ears open to receive the music in around and us. 

I am told that each day we think about 50,000 different thoughts.  When you flex your hand you are using seventy different muscles.  The mystery of your birth; the mystery of the love you feel; the mystery of the deepest part of you is exceedingly unfathomable.  You are an incredible contingency of creation; we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Ps. 139:4)

Sam Keen wrote, "I suspect that we are all recipients of cosmic love notes.  Messages, omens, voices, revelations, and appeals are all part of each day’s events.  If only we knew how to listen, to read the signs."  

Our everyday life isn’t everyday.  The surface of what we see and hear isn’t all there is.  When you laugh, when you cry, when you feel something happening inside, open yourself to the possibilities.  The potential of the life that we have been given is breathtaking. Open your eyes.  Listen carefully.  Pay attention.  There’s endless music and possibilities.  The music of the Presence of God is everywhere…if only we open our ears, we will hear it!  Yes, God is near!

“For Your glory and majesty, for the beauty of the works of Your hands, for Your song that fills the universe, we give You our praise, O Lord!  In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

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How wonderfully true ....