The Same Spirit at Work

The Same Spirit at Work
1 Corinthians 12.1-11

One of the most exciting experiences of my teenage years was playing in an orchestra at school. I had learned the piano for a year or two, but you normally play that without other musicians joining in. Now I began the trombone. Of course, when you start an instrument you have to learn and practise by yourself. You make your mistakes, and try out scales, arpeggios, and small solo pieces, in private. But then, one day, you get to sit with forty or fifty others, and discover that though you’re all playing different instruments, and most of you are playing different parts, it all fits together and – if everyone is doing what they should! – it makes a wonderful combined sound...

Taken from Paul 1 Corinthians for Everyone – by Tom Wright