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Re.Genesis

Perhaps surprisingly this has nothing to do with first book of the Bible and everything to do with a well known 'prog rock' group!!! I had the opportunity to go to a concert in London to watch a cover band playing the music of one of trhe favourite bands of my youth ... Genesis ... And I was not disappointed ... Great evening of quality musicianship and music!

One of the things that struck me was that it was the quality of the music that superceded the 'names' of the band ... It didn't matter that it was not the original band members, we were left savouring the quality of the music ... I wonder how we might reflect on this?

I was reading in 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 last week ... Where the apostle Paul wrote 'thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.'

This is where we need to get to that place of trusting ... That what people are left with, after an encounter with us, is the aroma of Christ. Christ, the aroma, takes the centre stage ... Not me the vessel!

This how it should be, even as I stumble and make mistakes, the quality of the presence of Christ in me remains the same ... Thus we can always walk in triumphant procession ... in humility and not arrogance, because it is His victory not mine!!
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