The Conductor
This weekend, my wife and I joined some friends at the symphony for Valentine’s evening.
It was stunning.
Strings rising together.
Brass entering at just the right moment.
Percussion landing with precision.
But the longer I watched, the more obvious something became.
The most important person on that stage never played a single note.
He didn’t touch a violin.
He didn’t sing a part.
He didn’t strike a drum.
He stood in front.
Hands lifted.
Listening. Guiding.
Without him, the talent would still be there.
The skill would still be real.
But it would drift into competing rhythms.
Beautiful individuals.
No unity.
And it hit me.
God is the great Conductor.
He doesn’t compete with the instruments.
He doesn’t replace them.
He brings them into harmony.
He sets the tempo of seasons.
He signals when something begins.
He restrains what would overpower.
He draws forward what needs to be heard.
I often want to control the music.
I want to rush certain movements.
I want to skip the slow ones.
I want my section louder.
But every time I try to conduct my own life,
the timing unravels.
Because I can play a part.
I cannot see the whole score.
Only He can.
Only He knows how the violins in this season connect to the brass ten years from now.
Only He hears the ending while we are still in the middle.
The orchestra doesn’t argue with the baton.
It watches.
It trusts.
It follows.
That may be the deepest act of faith.
To keep playing
while watching His hands.
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