Unity in Harmony (3)
“How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony” (Psalm 133:1 NLT).
Nowhere on earth should be more apt to have unity in harmony than the local church. We are called together as the body of Christ, and as such shouldn’t it be wonderful and pleasant to live together. We all serve the same Savior and Lord, and in the local church we all have the same pastor. Once more I will make an analogy between music and the church.
The local church is shaped by God for His purposes, so we could say that He writes the music and chooses the pastor to be the conductor. The pastor is chosen to lead the congregation in the performance of God’s will in the local church, the will that has been written and communicated to the pastor by our Lord.
The conductor is certainly concerned with the harmony of all facets of the church and for the unity shown in that harmony. As I said last time, the church is a God-ordained, many-part harmony that does His will. The church performs its assigned task when all the parts work together in unity and without strife. Strife is a ruiner of churches, and strife makes for raucous music that brings no peace.
It is the pastor’s responsibility to set the objective for the year, and it is the responsibility of the congregants, the worship leader, the youth department, the business department, the prayer team, the teachers, the custodial staff, and the security staff to do their parts to work together toward that objective. When a pastor has to spend his time adjudicating arguments, coaxing departments to work together, and begging the people to give to the work of the Lord, He is unable to bring forth the Word given to him by God.
To paraphrase today’s Scripture—It’s great when everyone is on the same page, working toward the same end. So Let’s make beautiful harmony together under the leadership of our “conductor” as we spiritually sing the music set forth by the master “Composer,” our Lord.
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