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For many years I've been a lover of music!
Right from my cringe worthy first single (Shaggy - Oh Carolina) to my latest iTunes purchase (Ellie Goulding) I've always enjoyed listening to and making music of various styles!

In a study time recently I read a verse that we then spent some time discussing in a staff devotion about what music we are 'designed' to play!

Romans 6: 13 says...
"...offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness."

As a drummer I can sit down at the kit and bang out what I think is an appropriate rhythm for a song! Most of the time it sounds good and fits with what the band is playing and the intended rhythm of the song.
However there are other, more skilled, drummers who will take a different approach!
They could listen to the song and play along but to be more effective and true to what the composer of the song intended, they follow the sheet music for that song which will guide them through how the song was written to be played!
My, more untrained, approach to playing drums is good enough for a lot of settings, but it's not an accurate representation of how the song may have been intended to be played!

When it comes to living my life and being guided by God... I'm not content to settle for good enough!
It's easy claim to be "instruments of righteousness" but whose tune are we playing?
In today's culture it's too easy to become busy doing 'stuff'! That stuff may not be what God designed us to do, it's just something we put on our schedule!

Soon enough we're playing along to the tune we have set and thinking we're doing great because we're busy! Surely if we're busy for God then we're doing what God wants right?! Not true!
We may be busy but we might be playing something completely out of tune with what God intended for us!

If our genuine desire is to be an "instrument of righteousness" then we need to stop concentrating on what we want to do and start following Gods sheet music for our lives.
Only when we follow his plans and purposes will our life become a musical masterpiece!

Whose tune are you playing?!

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