"I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers..." (Daniel 2:23)
Right now is one of those moments where you sit back and re-think everything that happened today. In doing so, the main thing that comes into mind is that I'm so thankful to God for this absolutely wonderful day I've had.
Some times in life I think we neglect to spend the time to thank God for the blessings and experiences that He gives us each day.
This morning I conducted my first ever band performance, with the band I've been directing since the beginning of this year. It was my first performance as a conductor, and for most of the students it was also their first performance. We had rehearsed many a time in the last few months, and were sufficiently prepared. However, at a concert you always know that there are certain things that can always go wrong; things that always went right in the practise room, but when you get on stage, they go wrong.
Some people would see this as an element of chance in a performance. They wish you good 'luck' before you walk on stage. But I don't believe in 'luck'. I know that God has His hand in everything; He is always in control, and He was definitely in control of our performance today. Before going on stage we prayed together as a band acknowledging God's control and asking Him to bless our performance.
And He did!
It is such a wonderful feeling to know that before the performance you commit everything into His hands, knowing that if it is His will, He will bless us; and after doing a really good performance it is also nice to be able to Thank God for blessing us, and giving us the ability to play well.
It is so wonderful to be able to go through life knowing that God is in control, and once you start to acknowledge this, you also begin to 'see' it in life. You begin to see what a great and awesome God we have and then you are driven to thankfulness.
That's why I'm thankful today, it's why I should also be thankful everyday.
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