Talent plus practice means perfecting

Posted by John L. Rothra on October 24, 2008 under Devotional/Teaching, Evangelism | Read the First Comment

It’s funny how the oddest things can give rise to seemingly unrelated thoughts. I enjoy playing guitar, but its a hobby for me, so I don’t play as often as I’d like. While clicking through YouTube, I ran across the playing of a talented guitar player from overseas. Familiar with many of the songs in his YouTube video list (many are Beatles songs, some from the 1980’s, and more), I listened to some. WOW! The skill, the dexterity of his fingers, the fluidity of the notes. It was like watching a virtuoso perform his latest masterpiece . . . and this performer turns (or turned) twelve this year. Yes, I said, 12 years old. Here’s a sample of his talent:

Two seemingly unrelated thoughts came to mind as I watched and listened. First, with such an ability, I pray that someone would share the Gospel with this child and that he would respond in faith. I would love to sit at Jesus’ feet and worship the Savior as Sungha Jung plays for Christ on his guitar. How glorious it would be to see God glorified in music and worship. However, such an opportunity will never occur without missions and evangelism. Unless someone goes, unless someone preaches, nobody will be saved (Rom 10:13-15).
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