Important Note!

Sometimes meetings are begun with an important note. That note is something not to be missed. Perhaps everything else said or the business conducted in that meeting hinges on this important note.

With an orchestra there is an important note with which to begin. Before a performance, there is a note given from which the whole orchestra tunes. However, that is not just any note. The note to which an orchestra tunes is the “A” above middle “C” which is standardized at a frequency of 440 hertz. This note is usually given to the rest of the orchestra by the oboe player who has matched their note with an electronic tuner.

On what note is our life being lived? Have we just picked any note? Like an orchestra that cannot play in harmony if the same note is not tuned to, so there will be discord in life when everyone chooses their own note on which to base life. I submit to you that the note to which we need to tune our lives is “C”, and a very high one at that!

In Paul’s letter to the church at Rome we read…
“(15) May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to LIVE IN SUCH HARMONY with one another, IN ACCORD WITH CHRIST JESUS, (6) that together you may with ONE VOICE glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (7) Therefore WELCOME one another AS CHRIST HAS WELCOMED you, for the glory of God.” ( Romans 15:5-7 ESV)

“In accord with CHRIST JESUS.” CHRIST is to be the note to which our life is tuned. The Greek word “kata” (translated “accord”) is a preposition meaning “according to.” It bears the idea of “after the manner of” or “in accordance with.” For us to be in accord is to be in agreement, to have consensus, and to be in harmony. Having our lives tuned to CHRIST is the only way we can all blend as the “one voice” Paul urged the church at Rome toward.

Let us bear in mind that though we are the players (and singers) in this realm, life’s “score” was written by God and He is to be recognized as the conductor of it. Just as the “A” makes a difference for the orchestra, even more so having our lives IN TUNE WITH CHRIST will make all the world of difference with our blending together. Let us therefore take “LIFE’S PITCH” as the “C” for CHRIST so that harmony may exist to the glory of God.

Have a great day TAKING LIFE’S PITCH FROM CHRIST!
Carl

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