Too often, we give up on someone and in exasperation say, “He is a hopeless case. He is messed up and there’s no way he can turn around. Nothing can be done to make him change for the better.”
But we underestimate the power of God. The apostle Paul says: “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16.
When we think we have done everything we can to help someone turn around and make something out of his life and still see no positive results, we should not give up. It is at this point that we need to let go and let Go. And we will find that with God, there is nothing impossible. Truly, with Him, the difficult is easy, and the impossible? …just needs a little more time.
The following material states this point beautifully. No matter how messed up and dysfunctional our lives may b, if we give it up to Him, He will touch us and with the skill of Master’s hands, He will help us produce a melody that will sweeten and brighten the world we live in.
THE TOUCH
It was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth his while to waste much time on the old violin. But he held it up with a smile:
“What am I biddin’ good folks,” He cried. “Who’ll start the biddin’ for me? A dollar;” then, “two! Only two ? Two dollars, and who’ll make it three ? Three dollars once, three dollars twice; going for three — ” But no.
From the room, far back, a gray-haired man came forward and picked up the bow. Then, wiping the dust from the old violin, and tightening the loose strings, he played a melody pure and sweet as a caroling angel’s wings.
There’s many a man with life out of tune, who’s battered and scarred, and is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd, much like the old violin. A mess of potage, a glass of wine, a game, and he travels on. He is going once, and going twice, he’s going and almost gone. But the Master comes, and the foolish crowd never can quite understand the worth of a soul, and the change that’s wrought by the touch of the Master’s Hand.
May we all with gracious understanding and patience wait on those God is touching with the skill of Hi hands knowing that we too in a certain degree are undergoing a similar process of restorative work. And better still, may we be instruments in His hands to help shape and mold others for His glory.