A little while ago, I decided to purchase an inexpensive keyboard and learn a thing or two about playing the piano. Having some musical knowledge, I was able to begin plunking away making some nice sounds.
Then I decided to see what was out there on YouTube that I could learn from.
What amazed me is the beautiful music a true piano player can produce with access to the same notes I have.
The instrument can be exactly the same, what makes the music amazing, or not, is the hands that play it.
The same can be said of our lives. When we are in charge of our own decisions, we are playing with our life. But when we surrender to the master, our lives can take on a beauty that we never dreamed possible.
Reading Jeremiah 18:1-6
"This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: "Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said, "Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?" declares the Lord. "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. " (NIV)
Are you allowing the Lord to play, or have you shoved him aside to make your own music?
