I love music – all kinds of music. I enjoy relaxing to the sounds of soothing, soft music, and I also enjoy patting my foot and playing “finger drums” to the sounds of contemporary Christian music. In my younger years of life I thrilled at the opportunity of playing drums in a rock and roll band, playing a wide range of music – from Credence Clearwater Revival to Grand Funk Railroad. Music has always been, and continues to be, a source of great enjoyment for me.

Have you ever been to a big band concert? It might have been anything from the annual concert of the local high school band, to the amazing music of our armed forces bands on the lawn of the Washington Monument. It may have been in a major concert hall with amazing acoustics, or in an auditorium with horrible acoustics.

What I would like you think about for a moment is that brief period of time in which the musicians assembled in their assigned places, and began the process of warming up. It is such an awful sound. Every instrument playing with no regard to the other instruments: a smorgasbord of sound, with no distinguishing tune, no melody, to rhyme or reason. Noise. Just loud, obnoxious, noise.

However, after a few minutes the orchestra maestro walks to center stage, opens his folder of music sheets, taps on the podium, raises his wand in the air, and those horns, strings, percussion now blend together to make such beautiful music.

Life is much like that, if you think about it. There are times in which life is so chaotic and confusing, with seemingly no rhyme or reason. Just like those instruments playing all at once, but with no guidance, no music sheets to lead them to make the beautiful music they could make if they would just play together. But when the maestro lifts the baton, what follows is majestic.

Now, to the subject of this blog. Have you ever considered your life in light of God’s orchestration? Have you paused lately to give consideration to the amazing fact that there is indeed a maestro – or, should I say, THE Maestro, who is watching over your life, ever ready to raise the baton which will bring clarity out of the chaos? He is ever-present, and all-powerful, and, believe it or not, has all the necessary tools to make a majestic masterpiece out of the miserable mess we oftentimes make of our lives.

As I think back over my life, and specifically over the past few years, I see the amazing orchestration of the Maestro as He has lifted His baton to bring about a beautiful masterpiece. Teresa and I now reside in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We have always had the desire to live in the mountains. As many of you know, I have the awesome privilege of teaching at Fruitland Baptist Bible College in Hendersonville, NC, which enables us to make a weekly trip to that beautiful campus located in the mountains of North Carolina. But that is only a two-day trek each week. But, now, we have the amazing privilege of living in the mountains of eastern Tennessee.

Some who read this may be wondering how all of this ties together. Allow me to share briefly how this came to be a reality for us. Through the providence (orchestration) of the invisible hand of the Maestro (God), events in our lives led us to make the decision to make this move. The final decision was reached after much prayer as we sought the will of God in this matter. He made things so crystal clear to us that there was no doubt in our minds that this was the path He had orchestrated for us.

Looking back over how all this came to be is a truly fascinating story, but the point I want to reiterate is that the Maestro orchestrated every small detail of this new adventure. We have only been in Pigeon Forge nine days as I write this blog, and His hand of providence continues to be proven each day in remarkable new ways.

What I hope that you will take away from this blog is this: Teresa and I are not special, other than the wonderful truth that we are God’s children. His hand of providence is just as real in your life as it is in ours. You may be in a season of confusion and chaos. You may be struggling to make sense of the mess you are now in. Please be aware of this amazing truth: the Maestro is at work, and He will soon walk out center stage, raise His baton, and the confusion will disappear while all becomes incredibly clear. You will then hear the beautiful music of His orchestration in the events of your life.

Stop! Be still! Listen! Do you hear it? It’s the sweet music the Maestro is bringing your way as He orchestrates the movements of your life. Take heart. He is always working on your behalf for your good. Bask for a while today in that reality, and enjoy the concert!