Just Suppose

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Just Suppose

"My son [and/or daughter] give me your heart ... for out of it are the issues of life."1

Zig Ziglar tells the story about an elderly man playing an organ in a cathedral in Europe. He was playing sad and melancholy music. It was sad because this was his last day as organist of the cathedral. He was being replaced by a younger musician.

At dusk, somebody stepped into the cathedral. Seeing the younger man, the organist stopped playing, locked the organ and slipped the key into his pocket. He was approached by the young man, who simply said, "Please, the key."

On receiving the key, the young organist went to the organ and began to pay.

While the old man had played beautifully and skillfully, the young man played with sheer genius. Incredible music came rolling out of that beautiful old organ.

This was the world's introduction to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The old man, with tears in his eyes, said, "Suppose—just suppose—I had not given the master the key!"

Have you given the Master of Life the key—the key to your heart and to your life?

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, I surrender the key to my heart and life to you. Please make me the man/woman of God you want me to be. Do with my life as you will. Please use me to be a part of what you are doing in the world today. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

1. Proverbs 23:26 with 4:23 (NIV & KJV).
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