All In Sweet Harmony

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“All In Sweet Harmony”

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

 

Last weekend, we attended a race at a local fairgrounds for the afternoon.  It was fun watching cars race each other around a small track.  At one point, there was a bottleneck and multiple cars were stuck behind one another.  What happened next amazed me.  I watched almost every single one of them back up in unison and then they were all free to continue to drive on. 

 

I remember thinking, “Wow, they all did that at the same time and everyone was freed up to move on!”  As I pondered that moment, it reminded of Paul’s words of how he described the body of Christ and all the parts.  So often in churches these days, we “say” we are on the same team and claim we want to serve God together.  However, all to often, we tend to have ulterior motives when we do some things and do them only for our benefit.  This isn’t always true, but it happens more than we would like to admit.

 

When I watched the cars all back up at the same time, this devotional thought hit me immediately and I thought, “This is exactly how the body of Christ was meant to flow.”  It is truly a beautiful picture when the bride of Christ strives to work together in harmony.  It’s absolutely beautiful not only in how that works within the church, but also when non-believers witness this.  Word travels fast and it blows people’s minds when we are not only talking the talk, but also walking the walk.

 

I’ve been part of multiple churches through my years of paid and volunteer ministry.  It pains me to have witnessed so many places of worship get torn up to pieces because people don’t have the vision and desire to work together in harmony.  But then it also has brought me great joy to witness churches that do genuinely work together in harmony to love each other and those who are lost.

 

Every part of the body of Christ is unique and needed, whether you are in front serving or behind the scenes.  No one is more important than the other.  We all work together and it works wonderfully, just like the cars in that race that all backed up together and then drove off. 

 

It is my hope and prayer that we would all strive to do our part serving in the body of Christ.  It’s never about how we can benefit the most, it’s how we can serve and love others within the body.