 |
| Photo from Wikimedia |
Psalm 125:4 “O LORD, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with You.”
“Ok, people! Tune up!” our music director, Mr. Spayd announced, raising his voice to be heard amid the random drum taps and rolls, stray runs, and cacophony of conversations filling the band room. Then he would play just one note.
I heard the phrase, “Tune up” hundreds of times during the
eleven years I played in marching and concert bands. To get in tune, band
members listened carefully to the one note, then tightened or relaxed their embouchures
and lengthened or shortened particular parts on their instruments until they
were in sync with the standard set by Mr. Spayd. He knew that if we tried to
perform without tuning up, the discord would have caused our listeners to cover
their ears with their hands and groan in dismay.
Psalm 125:4 speaks of those who hearts are “in tune” with
God. Like the director in our band, God determines the one note, the one
standard for being in tune with Him—faith.
Our hearts cannot be in tune with God until we have faith. “Without
faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is
real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him.” Hebrews 11:6
Our faith in God must include faith in Jesus Christ. “By the
free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who
sets them free. God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the
means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did
this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient
and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins,
in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he
himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.”
Romans 3:24-26
Have faith. It’s a simple standard available to everyone who
wants their heart to beat in tune with the beat of God’s heart. Simple? Yes!
Easy? Not always. It will take some adjustments on our part—trusting in Jesus
for our goodness instead of ourselves, yielding control of lives to Him, and
allowing His expectations to determine our actions. But the results are out of
this world (I just couldn’t resist that one)—a heart in harmony with Jesus and
a life directed by Him.
Have you tuned your heart to the Maestro of life?
Blessings!
Pam©2014 Pamela D. Williams
