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The whole sermon was about the organ, but I will share with you only a small part:
It
was sometimes around 1840, in a town somewhere in Germany. In this town
was a big cathedral, and in this cathedral was a famous organ. The
organist of the cathedral was very proud of the organ, and he only let
special musicians play on it.
One day the organist was practising. The door of the church was open,
and a man came into the church. He sat down and listened to the music.
After a while he went to the organist and asked if he could play the
organ. The man looked ordinary, and the organist was very arrogant when
he answered that only special people would be allowed to play on this
extraordinary instrument. But the man was very persistent, so finally
the organist let him play.
When the man started playing, the organist had to sit down, perplexed.
This playing was the most brilliant and divine he had ever heard. After
a while he asked: “Who are you?” “ I am Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy,” the man answered.
Telling his friends afterwards, the organist was very excited, but at
the same time he was sad. “Because,” he said, “I was
not able to recognize the Master when he came to visit me, and I would
not let him play my instrument.”
My question in this time of Advent is: Are we able to recognize the
Master when He visits us, and are we willing to let Him
“play” our instruments?
In this time of Advent it is my prayer that we will open our hearts for
the little child Jesus who wants to be the Master of our lives. It is
my prayer that we will recognize the Master when He reveals himself to
us, and that we will trust in Him and let Him inspire us to do good.
I greet you with Isa 9:6. “For
to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be
on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
Margun Warem, Norway
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