By: Pastor Johnie Akers
Psalm 77:6, “I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.” I have played a guitar for years. Becoming acclimated to the instrument, results in calluses forming on the tender ends of the fingertips of the hand that is used to form the chords on the strings. At the outset, it is a very painful process. The fingertips have the highest density of feeling receptors in the entire human body. By pressing on the strings against the fingerboard, blisters begin forming on the ends of the fingers. It is during this stage of adaptation to the instrument that the apprentice musician must not give up but press through. If the musician pauses from his or her regimen of practice to allow the blisters to heal without the formation of calluses, they will never properly adjust to the guitar. Even with my many years of experience, if I fail to play regularly, I notice my fingertips must re-acclimate to the strings. The goal of the musician is to get to the place where the fingers are so callused they no longer are dominated by the pain, but rather focus on creating beautiful music. It is the pain that births the music. In our Scripture lesson today, the psalmist David, a great musician in his own right, speaks of his “song in the night.” David experienced much pain in his life. Running from a jealous King Saul, who sought to kill David, to a variety of conflicts within his own family, as well as personal failings, marked periods of night for this great king of Israel. Yet it was through his pain that his greatest music was composed. Today, you may be experiencing the tender areas of your life being subjected to intense pressure. It is during this phase that you may be tempted to give up. However, by pressing thorough the pain and refusing to relent, you can ultimately develop a resolute disposition that will enable you to move beyond that pain into the emanation of the beautiful music that can flow from your life during each new day.
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