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 | | From: | JPF | | Subject: | Are We in Tune? | | Date: | Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:32:05 GMT |
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 | "Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same
fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being
tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which one must
individually bow. So one hundred worshipers meeting together, each one
looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could
possibly be were they to become "unity" conscious and turn their eyes away
from God to strive for closer fellowship." --[A W Tozer]
I thought that was pretty cool, and pretty true. I know the best way to make
a difference in this world is to inwardly gaze at Christ with our souls. He
is our light and our life. "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and
perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross,
scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will
not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you have not
yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten
that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: 'My son, do not make
light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he
accepts as a son.'" --[Hebrews 12:2-6]
Let us not get hung up on judgment, but let us discern what is best. Those
who are the Lord's should set their eyes on Christ, for this is where we
have our faith. Then our faith, by looking and beholding the Lord our God,
will show who we are. Any who call themselves the Lord's followers should be
on their knees before God. Our hearts should be in worship, and our lives in
harmony with the Lord's will. Let us tune our lives to the Lord. Seek him
and his kingdom, and we will not worry. Any who dares look on his brother,
must have the eyes of his soul firmly established to behold the Lord in His
Sovereignty. Look to Christ. Tune our lives to him, and we will be in tune
with each other.
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