And they were singing, as it were, a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, and no one was able to learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. Rev. 14:3.
The song is new, not just because the experience is new, but because the people who sing is are also "new." Each of them has known sorrow and pain and abuse and rejection. They have struggled with physical, mental, and emotional handicaps. And they have known the bitter consequences of sin. But God will make all things new, including His people. He is the Master Craftsman.
Imagine a king who leaves his throne and goes down into the city in disguise. He enters the slums of the city and walks down a dark alley. There he sees an old, homeless man playing a beat-up trumpet, trying to raise a few coins by repeating the same old tune again and again. It sounds terrible. A broken song coming from a broken trumpet.
The king approaches the man and says, "I'd like to buy that trumpet of yours. I'll pay you enough money to live in a mansion."
"You mean this trumpet?" the homeless man replies. "This beat-up, rusty old thing, dents and all? You want this trumpet?"
"Yes, that trumpet." The king purchases it, takes it home, gives it to his son, and says, "I want you to fix this trumpet up for me."
The son takes the instrument to his workroom. He puts a new mouthpiece on it, hammers out the dents, and installs new valves on it. After scrubbing it clean, he then uses wax and a buffing cloth to polish it. The Bible says that God will make us like gold, polishing and refining us, cleaning us up, getting the dents out. He is working on us right now!
Finally the day comes when the trumpet is ready. The son brings it to his father with the father's name inscribed on the trumpet. The king accepts the trumpet and comments, "Looks great, son. I can't wait to try it out."
The king takes the trumpet, nice and shiny now, puts it to his mouth, and blows. And this time it is not the same old song--it isn't a broken melody. It isn't the kind of music this trumpet has played before. A new song emerges from that trumpet--a glorious and grand one. Both instrument and song have been made new!
Our lives today may be rusted with selfishness and pride or corroded with lust and envy. We may feel dented and warped. But the Master Craftsman already has us in His workroom. And when He's done with us, we'll be singing a new song!
Thank You for hope and a future, Lord. May that future shape my life today.
The song is new, not just because the experience is new, but because the people who sing is are also "new." Each of them has known sorrow and pain and abuse and rejection. They have struggled with physical, mental, and emotional handicaps. And they have known the bitter consequences of sin. But God will make all things new, including His people. He is the Master Craftsman.
Imagine a king who leaves his throne and goes down into the city in disguise. He enters the slums of the city and walks down a dark alley. There he sees an old, homeless man playing a beat-up trumpet, trying to raise a few coins by repeating the same old tune again and again. It sounds terrible. A broken song coming from a broken trumpet.
The king approaches the man and says, "I'd like to buy that trumpet of yours. I'll pay you enough money to live in a mansion."
"You mean this trumpet?" the homeless man replies. "This beat-up, rusty old thing, dents and all? You want this trumpet?"
"Yes, that trumpet." The king purchases it, takes it home, gives it to his son, and says, "I want you to fix this trumpet up for me."
The son takes the instrument to his workroom. He puts a new mouthpiece on it, hammers out the dents, and installs new valves on it. After scrubbing it clean, he then uses wax and a buffing cloth to polish it. The Bible says that God will make us like gold, polishing and refining us, cleaning us up, getting the dents out. He is working on us right now!
Finally the day comes when the trumpet is ready. The son brings it to his father with the father's name inscribed on the trumpet. The king accepts the trumpet and comments, "Looks great, son. I can't wait to try it out."
The king takes the trumpet, nice and shiny now, puts it to his mouth, and blows. And this time it is not the same old song--it isn't a broken melody. It isn't the kind of music this trumpet has played before. A new song emerges from that trumpet--a glorious and grand one. Both instrument and song have been made new!
Our lives today may be rusted with selfishness and pride or corroded with lust and envy. We may feel dented and warped. But the Master Craftsman already has us in His workroom. And when He's done with us, we'll be singing a new song!
Thank You for hope and a future, Lord. May that future shape my life today.
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