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)
