CONCERT OF PRAYER 

Pray Week 753

“Life Symphony”

Ephesians 5:15-21 (ESV)       Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore … be filled with the Spirit,addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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I do not have an ear to play music or carry a tune.  I can however appreciate the difference in sound from that of an orchestra tuning its instruments to the melodious symphony of sound that is produced under the direction of the conductor.  Our life ‘walk’, its direction and character, is also a melody of sorts.  Some have the character of fingernails on a chalk board and people cannot get away from them fast enough.  Others are a pleasant melody and people enjoy their company.  What key is your life symphony in? Let us examine the characteristics of some life symphonies using the metaphor of musical keys.

B-FLAT:  NPR reporter Robert Kurlwich reported a few years ago on his morning edition radio program how the key of B-Flat makes alligators bellow and want to bite.  The story also details NASA’s discovery of a black hole that hums in B-Flat.  When our character is a B-Flat we are all about darkness and the lack of light like a black hole. The melody of a B-Flat person is the sound of sadness, loneliness, doom and gloom.  This person becomes an emotional drain on those around them.  Their glass is always half-full.  They will always have greater pains and illnesses than anyone else. B-Flat people are worriers.  If they are Christian, their life melody destroys their witness to the lost concerning the love of God.

B-SHARP:  A sharp note is one that is raised a semitone above natural pitch.  The B-sharp note exists, yet sounds like a C and does not have its own piano key.  In our life melody metaphor this is akin to a hypocritical modern day Pharisee.  B-sharp people consider themselves to be better or holier than other ‘sinners’ yet like the C-natural note they are no different.  They will have nothing to do with a sinner, regarding themselves as too holy to be seen with an unsaved person.  Jesus was criticized for eating and drinking with the sinners by such B-sharp people and His response was a scathing critique of their hypocrisy.  As Christians, B-sharp people push more people away from Christ and the Gospel message than they attract.

B-NATURAL:  Natural notes are the pure notes.  Jesus demonstrated this life melody for us.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. – Hebrews 4:15

As Christians, we are to follow Christ’s example.  We are in the world but not of it.  We need to relate to the unsaved without compromising our Christian values and integrity.  When faced with the same storms of life as the unsaved experience, our prayerful and faith responses serve as a life symphony for others to see, hear, be encouraged by, and learn from.

And finally, God wants us to B-AVAILABLE.  Although not an actual musical key term, the Christian with a B-Natural life melody will be available and ready in season and out of season to share the Gospel message with those whom God places in their path by divine appointment.  What key is your life symphony in?  Pray for God to shape, mold and tune you to be naturally pure, holy, and available as you live out His purpose and plan for you.

Close in prayer, thanksgiving & dedication of your work to the glory of God