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)
