A Musical Instrument

I read something really sweet and encouraging this morning in Matthew 12 that I thought everyone would be blessed by! In Matthew 12:20 Matthew quotes from Isaiah saying in regard to Jesus, "A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench..." I looked at the footnote for this and it said that shepherds would often use reeds out in the field to make a small musical instrument to play on. The thing was that when they became worn or broken they were useless and so the shepherd would throw them away. You probably already see where this is going! We are like broken musical instruments but Jesus wants to come to us and fix us and play music on us again! It says "A bruised reed He will NOT break..." We are all of us bruised reeds. What sort of music does He want to play? The symphony of His grace and His mercy! And what's even more incredible is that the church at large is composed of these broken musical instruments! Millions of them! Every Christian in the world is a musical instrument! What could Jesus possibly intend to do but to fix all of us and make all of us play the sweet, sweet music of His grace? What will heaven be but a grand symphony with many millions of the musical instruments which God created to bring Him glory? How sweet that music will be! Be blessed, friends!