When I was a girl the piano was my place of solace. If I was
having a heartache moment I would play the Moonlight Sonata. (or Hey Jude, or
Rainy Days and Mondays) Gentle melodies with lots of play across the keys were
my preference as they comforted my heart and got my mind off the troubles.
Playing through those songs were comforting to my heart. If I was having a lot of fun with friends or
family we always ended up at the piano playing joyful songs while laughing and
singing together. Although I played in
church, via the organ, the piano and assisting with praise and worship, it was
those times alone at the piano that brought solace to my heart.
To say that the piano has been a huge part of my life is so
true. I don’t get to sit and play for my own enjoyment very often anymore. We
are busy with work and play and family and friends and ministry. There’s hardly
a time to just sit at the bench and let my hands have their way with the keys. But every once in a while, I still try to steal
away to have a moment of alone time with the keyboard. When I let God set the
tone and play by ear beautiful music happens. It may not be beautiful to anyone
else, but that time with the keyboard in the hands of God makes for sweet
melodies in my heart.
We are all looking for a place of solace. We try to find it
through various things including hobbies, jobs, marriages, children,
church. Each of these things is
wonderful in and of themselves and they provide much satisfaction. But the best
of them are no substitute for finding time to be alone with God. Even a marriage cannot give you the
satisfaction that God alone can. A hobby is just busy work unless the Lord’s
hands are in it. We cannot find the peace we’re looking for in anything else.
Everything on earth is fallible. Everything we find we love can be taken from
us or broken.
Yesterday God spoke to my heart. He said “The thing you
enjoy so much, that one thing that you alone find reward in – that is how I
want your life in Me to be like. My desire is that you will feel so one with Me
that other things will not distract you. That single minded fellowship with Me
comes from the confidence you have as you seek My face. It won’t happen in the busy times. This
special intimacy comes only from spending time alone with Me. I am your Teacher
and I have much to show you of My love, My mercy, My grace and My provision. You
may be frazzled, worn out, stressed and overdoing everything yet finding no
peace or joy in the doing. Come away with Me and find exactly what you are
looking for. I will help you to make sweet music in your heart and your life
that will spill over into others’ lives.
Oh beloved, steal away! Find time to be alone with your
King. You are meant to be rested, at
peace and able to do all that your life has for you to do. God gives strength
to the weary, purpose to the lonely, joy to the suffering and hope to the
hopeless. Only time with the King will give you what you are looking for. That
love you so desire and that confidence you are looking for are found only in
the Lord. Jesus is the way to the Father and the Holy Spirit can make the
little time expand into great treasure for you when you spend time with Him.
God loves you and He’s for you and that’s there will always
be sweet blessings in your alone time with Him.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon
Him while He is near.
Psalm 63:6-8 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on
You in the night watches, for You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your
wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to
You; Your right hand upholds me.
Psalm 27:8 You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and
require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your
presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the
authority of Your Word]. Amplified
Acts 2:28 ‘You have made known to me the ways of life; You
will make me full of gladness with Your presence.
1 Chronicles 16:11 Look to the LORD and His strength; seek
His face always.
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