Father, it has been a full day but a good day. As I am winding down, may this time with You be sweet and linger in my mind as I lay down to sleep. Amen.
Matthew 18:19-20 (<<click here to read the passage)
“Again I say to you, that if two believers on earth agree [that is, are of one mind, in harmony] about anything that they ask [within the will of God], it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.“ AMP
Harmony… What couldn’t we accomplish with harmony? Think of music. One of the many groups I enjoy is Home Free. Of all things, they are an acapella country group. If you want to hear some beautiful vocal harmony, listen to their rendition of How Great Thou Art (click to listen).
A few years back I was a part of a mixed trio and when we sang it was not a matter of seeing who could sing the loudest. In the middle of a song, we didn’t just belt out another song we liked. We joined our efforts. We blended our voices so that the melody would be clearly heard. We worked hard at singing in such a way that the full sound of harmony-filled every nook and cranny!
Harmony is a beautiful thing, isn’t it? And not just in music. Jesus goes on to say in this passage, “For where two or three are gathered in My name [meeting together as My followers], I am there among them.”
If we could just learn to work together, oh what we could do! As we come together with fellow believers our goal should be to work in harmony, blending our strengths and weaknesses to fill in all the nooks and crannies with the harmony of love. And at the head of every body of believers is Christ – blending, shaping, guiding, directing –so that every one of us reaches our full potential and impacts the world for His Kingdom – not ours. Lord Jesus, unite us!
July 30th, 2018, Mon, 8:45 pm
