ODB: Singing Bowl
November 26, 2011
Life is a beautiful song that God is teaching us to play.
READ: Deuteronomy 4:32-40
We therefore ought to . . . become fellow workers for the truth. —3 John 1:8
Artist and scientist Michael Flynn designed a singing bowl for display in ArtPrize, an international art competition held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The bowl requires no electricity but it does require something that is in short supply: cooperation.
As I observed people trying to make the bowl sing, I was surprised that none of them bothered to read the directions about rocking it gently. Instead, impatient to make music, they kept trying their own ideas. After a few minutes they walked away frustrated and disappointed, as if the bowl was defective.
How many times, I wonder, do we become frustrated that life isn’t working the way we think it should? We keep trying ways that seem right, but things keep turning out wrong. Instead of following God’s Word, we continue trying to find our own way.
The singing bowl reminds us that we can’t expect life to go well if we ignore the instructions of the Designer (Deut. 4:40). Failing to obey divides us from one another and separates us from God. To fulfill His plan for the world and make the way of salvation known (Ps. 67:2), we need to follow His instructions about living and working peacefully together. When life doesn’t go well, it may be that we’ve stopped following God’s plan.
— Julie Ackerman Link
Source: Our Daily Bread
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In following God’s word that it is not definite that things will runs smoothly or life will be well. On the contrary, it might be the opposite. Simply because there are people who are hostile to our faith and attempt to make things difficult for us. We are still living in a sinful world.
Having said these, what makes us shine is our sharp contrast that we display by our love and forgiveness to those who wronged us. We are not only bold in sharing the Gospel sensitively, but also minister to those in need. At the end of the day, we have to trust God to vindicate us.
Thus the need and reason to obey our Lord is still expected and only right in so doing. Let’s leave the outcome to our faithful Judge and trustworthy Creator to make things right as we face different challenges in our walk with the Lord.