Harmony
scottwhaley | January 29, 2010It is hard for me to say anything good about harmony. Trying to achieve it is not a lot of fun. Think about harmony in a song. Any of you who have ever tried to sing know that it is much more difficult to sing harmony than melody. Plus melody gets all the glory. I mean that part is the lead! Harmony is just in the background making sure everything is knitted together to sound just right. Hmm, no glory, in the background, sounds strangely familiar…
Mark 10:43-44 says, “instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.” So hang out in the background, don’t look for the spotlight, do whatever is asked of you in the service of God. Have I been living up to this? Is God the foundation of my actions? Do I sprinkle in my own self-interest from time to time? No, no and absolutely!
Living down in the servant’s quarters with a servant’s heart is hard, but apparently it is worth it. I think we should all commit to putting aside our own agendas each day whether it be at work, at home, at school or church and let God determine the agenda. I am pretty sure that if we just reach out to each other in love, the agenda will take care of itself. I look forward to that day.
On the Journey with You,
Scott
Makes me think of this story from Luke 17:7-10 7"Suppose
Steve | January 29, 2010Makes me think of this story from Luke 17:7-10
7″Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8Would he not rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ “