“For we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
and our days on earth are but a shadow.”
Job 8:9
I learned something special tonight. Time is short, don’t let the presence of greatness pass you by. Tonight our church ran our annual Christmas Celebration Night and our speaker shared with us an endearing story. The story was of Joshua Bell, a world-renown violinist who became a busker for a day at a busy train station. Normally, people would pay up to $150 for tickets to watch him play in concert. That day, while busking, he only made $33. Apparently, people were too busy and too preoccupied with their lives that they just continued on walking, even though there was the arguably the world’s best violinist playing before them. Out of the many hours of him performing, only one girl stopped and recognised who he was and stood there in full appreciation.
This is very much a simple reflection of our lives and God. We are so busy, in the same way as the hundreds of people’s lives passing through a train station. We have bills to pay, meetings to go to, work to finish. We are so busy that we sometimes walk past the fact that God is with us. We are so busy that we forget to spend time in His majesty. We are so busy that we cannot hear Him speaking to us through His Word. We are so busy that we don’t experience the fellowship that He blesses us through other Christians. We are so busy, we just pass by the presence of God.
Tonight was a fantastic night. It was the build up and cumulation of a month of hard work. Tonight, I saw laughter and happiness in everyone who participated in our Christmas Celebration Night – actors, singers, musicians, stagehands, welcoming teams. It was a beautiful sight to see so many of us, young in age, pleasantly and radiantly serving God and each other. The sad thing was, some people missed out.
Some people were so busy with their lives that they did not see the majesty in serving Him. They let these times pass them by. It was a time of encouragement, a time of coming together, a time of corporate service to God. It was a time of celebration, reflection and fellowship. It was a time where we all loved to serve Him and was blessed as a family from it. Yet, some people missed out.
This Christmas, I do not want to let these times pass me by. I want to be strong in my relationship with God and I want to share that with the ones I hold dearest to me. And I want all of my Christian family to experience that to – like we did tonight. Great work everyone! By God’s strength and providence, we did it – for Christ, because of Christ and to Christ always! We didn’t pass Him by tonight.
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