You Can't Fool a Musician

I was sitting on a chair in the living room. My family and I had just finished our daily family devotions and I, in jest, picked up my cane and put it up to my lips and blew across the holes (used for height adjustment) like I was playing a flute and whistled Yankee Doodle.

My daughter at first thought I was really “playing the cane.” But my wife who is a piano player knew instantly what I was doing. She is a true musician.

My wife said, “You can't fool a musician.” We all enjoyed the humor of the brief moment of insanity.

As I reflect on what happened, it occurred to me that there is a spiritual lesson to be learned. Just as you can't fool a musician, you can't fool a true child of God.

Becoming a musician takes time by practicing and playing appropriate melodies. In the same way spiritual growth comes through practice and reading (age and growth) appropriate material.

When I was young and just beginning to play trumpet, I told my dad that I was bored with just playing the exercises in my lesson book. Fortunately, he was an accomplished musician and arranger and wrote out for me melodies of songs that I was hearing on the radio. That made all the difference.  Playing and practice was no longer a bore, but enjoyable.

Make your time with God a time of rejoicing and pleasure.  It will make all the difference and you won't be fooled by spiritual imitations.

 

Proverbs_12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.