Romans 6:13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself as an instrument of righteousness.
Artist's Note: A small group from our church is preparing for a mission trip. As part of this trip we will be doing some teaching. Right now we are fasting and praying for the trip and it can be tempting to believe that the success of this trip is dependent on us. My wife wrote that "none of what God is going to do [on our mission trip] has anything to do with me or my worthiness or preparedness which is great news because we all want the [people] to not to encounter us but God...I believe this is the perfect time to learn/put into practice now what we will have to live by [on our mission trip] which is God's ability to move and speak-not our own." In response to that I was given a vivid image of a musician tuning his instrument. The people that buy tickets to a concert have come to see the musician play the instrument. The instruments have value because of the artist. Now that's not to say that the role instrument is unimportant. It must be prepared and tuned in order to work properly. I believe in the same way my prayer and fasting is a tuning session so that when it's time for the concert God and I can make heavenly music.
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