It dawned on me, as I was sitting and contemplating the complexity of God’s kingdom and how He operates, a little analogy that I came up with helped me understand how I fit in the grand scheme of life and my role and purpose in it! I love this analogy as I love classical music!
*Disclaimer: No single analogy can engulf the complexity of God’s kingdom, this one will have ‘flaws’*
The kingdom of God is like a Symphony Orchestra. I am one of the musicians who decided to participate in it. God is the conductor, a Maestro, the one who brings us all together and directs us in His music. Its more likely a ‘Volunteer Symphony Orchestra’ as the only pre-requisite to play is your heart to want to participate and learn! God has no audition, and no performance requirement for us. Because ultimately we aren’t able to master life perfectly, so he does it for us!
Each one who opts to play in His orchestra gets an instrument. But each of our instruments are unique for a special purpose. It is like the spiritual gifts and talent we have been all equipped with (Although, we are given all the spiritual gifts, its just a matter of how much we activate and use it, 1 Corr. 14 : 26). With each of the gifts given to us, we must practice them and spend the time to invest in them. Nothing comes free and easily in life, including our spiritual walk with God! If you want to activate your spiritual gifts, and hear God’s voice, it takes practice and focus.
Once we practice on our own, we come together and practice, just like a church body. With God as our maestro, he guides us all together in harmony (Collosians 3: 14) and we can start making a joyful noise. The piece we play is a beautiful symphony called Life. A piece where God has composed all the intricacy’s of multiple instruments coming together at the right point in time, with the right dynamics/volume, pitch, and tempo. All the frills and stops and the accents which makes a musical piece so beautiful, all has been hand crafted and orchestrated when done right can give us abundant joy! The piece has its major movements and its minor movements, times of abundance and times of need, its ups and downs (Phillipians 4: 11- 12).
And even when we come together and play. It doesn’t have to be perfect; it doesn’t have to sound spectacular. Our maestro isn’t just the maestro, but also our loving Father. One who loves to see his kids play in recitals and perform in concerts. Why would any father go sit through an hour of discombobulated music from a child? Because he loves that his kids are trying and performing from the heart! How beautiful it is to have a loving Father who wants us to participate in his Symphony!
And if we are playing really really badly, there is still a choir of Angels behind us making it happen and picking us up!
