Harmony

Yesterday I was trying to take my Sunday afternoon nap and this word picture popped into my head. I was thinking about unity with Believers and the image that came to mind was a string on a harp or guitar. When that one string is played it is hard to tell if it is in tune or not - just playing by itself. But add another string (person) to that and you will be able to tell if they are in tune to each other. BUT there is a possibility that BOTH are out of tune even if they are tuned together. So there has to be something to be tuned to - a pitch pipe, for example. Well, the Bible should be a Christian's pitch pipe. The more each string is tuned to the Word the more harmony we will share. God has made us to interact with each other - to strum our strings. The question is are we playing in harmony or discord? I am afraid that there are many Christians strumming along thinking they are in key because they are all sounding o.k. together, but suddenly the pitch pipe is blown and it is obvious the whole group is off -- they aren't listening to the true pitch -God's Word. I think there are many different ways to look at this analogy, but you get the idea. Today as we go about our lives rubbing shoulders with fellow "strings" let's make sure we are all tuning our lives to the only absolute -- the Bible, and together make sweet music that will glorify our God!!