The purpose of the hammer - Part V
29 Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? (Jeremiah 23:29) The last two purposes of a hammer are not the traditional uses of a hammer as we might think of when we consider what a hammer might do. Indeed, a small "hammer" is used to produce music when it either strikes a bell, or a piano string. Those little hammers inside your old traditional alarm clocks would cause a clang loud enough to raise us from slumber. The many hammers within the hidden parts of the piano would magically produce melodies that soothed our souls, or set our feet to tapping! The tiny hammers within the alarm clock produce a sound strong enough to get us to a place that we are aware of our environment once again. The Word of God is continually in the process of bringing a clear and resonant "sound" that helps to awaken us from our slumber and apathy. As it produces the "sound" that awakens us, there is a "tuning in