Beautiful Music

An instrument doesn't do anything but sit there. That's all its required to do. Only when the musician uses it does the instrument make beautiful music. The instrument can do nothing on its own.

5-8"I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you're joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can't produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples. (John 15:5)

God molds us into whatever instrument He wants, but we first must be moldable. In other words, if I had decided that my instrument was acting- think of the amazing things that I would be missing out on because of my inability to let God mold me.

What about now? If I have decided that my past defines- the past instruments that made mistakes and squeaked and weren't quite right then I will be immoldable. If I let my past dictate who I am and whether or not I am worthy, then I will never be able to live up to God's potential for me. My old life IN NO WAY resembles my NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.

I love Jesus.