November 2011

Order In The House

Malachi 4:2

                “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.”

                Julie Ackerman mentioned that as she looked at her family members that were gathered around the Thanksgiving table that she smiled at the range of talents that were represented there.  At one end of the table were doctors and at the other end were musicians.  Thanks to doctors, human bodies operate more efficiently.  Thanks to the musicians there are beautiful sounds that uplift our spirits and soothe our troubled minds.

                Although their abilities are very different, each of them rely on the same thing:  An orderly universe.  Without order, there would be no predictability and 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.  Malachi 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.