As I looked at family members gathered around the
Thanksgiving table, I smiled at the range of talents represented. At one end
were doctors; at the other end were musicians. Thanks to doctors, human bodies
operate more efficiently. Thanks to musicians, beautiful sounds uplift our
spirits and soothe troubled minds.
Although their abilities are very different, doctors
and musicians rely on the same thing: an orderly universe. Without order, there
would be no predictability; without predictability, there would be no music or
medicine.
Within our orderly world, disease is a sign that
something is “out of order.” Healing is a sign that God will some day restore
all things to their original condition (Acts 3:21).
When John the Baptist wanted to know whether Jesus was the “Coming One,” Jesus
said, “Go and tell John . . . the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached
to them” (Luke 7:20-22).
Healing was evidence that Jesus was Israel’s Messiah (Mal. 4:2).
I am thankful for music that soothes my troubled mind
and soul, and for medicine that heals my body, because they remind me of the
ultimate healing and restoration that Christ is accomplishing.
God specializes in restoration. (RBC)
