By David ReayWednesday 26 Oct 2022LifeWords DevotionalsDevotionsReading Time: 2 minutes
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (ESV)
The great Polish pianist, Padereweski, was giving a concert to a select group of admirers. In the audience was a young boy just learning the piano. Just prior to the concert, he managed to sneak away from his mother and clamber on to the stage where he promptly began to play the piano. A very tentative version of “Twinkle, twinkle, little star.” To his mother’s horror, the great Padereweski made his way to the stage at that very time.
He simply sat down alongside the young boy and in his masterful way improvised on the simple tune the boy was playing. The faltering, mistake ridden playing of the boy was transformed into a wonderful piece of music. The master had come alongside the pupil, and as a result, the work of the pupil became so much richer and greater.
A picture of how the Spirit of God comes alongside us to help us. God doesn’t despise our faltering attempts at obedience. Nor does he push us aside and do it all himself. He comes alongside to help us be the people we are meant by him to be. The childish tunes of our lives become symphonic masterpieces as the master himself gets to work with us.
Blessings
David