What does harmony mean to you? Do you instantly think of the Eagles, a group who is the master of up to seven-part harmony? Do you think of the harmony of a great sports team where teammates play well together? What about your relationships with others?
Harmony is spoken of in many contexts. Personally, I love to hear the harmony of the Eagles. Seven Bridges Road is an absolutely beautiful song. Great sports teams also have great harmony. In today’s NFL, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are often talked about in this way.
When it comes to relationship, we need harmony as well. It doesn’t matter if we are speaking about our work relationships, family relationships, or church relationships. All of them need good harmony for things to go well. When the harmony is disrupted, frustration and anger set in. It becomes difficult to get the harmony back. There are too many ‘me first’ attitudes in the way. And we must remember, it takes at least two people to harmonize.
The Apostle Paul tells the church in Colossae to clothe themselves with love. We, too, must clothe ourselves with love. That love must put others ahead of ourselves. We must be willing to serve others with love. That is the only way we can become more like Jesus. If we merely say we love others and continue to do things out of selfish ambition, we lie to ourselves.
Loving others, especially our brothers and sisters in Christ, will bind us together in perfect harmony. It is not just good harmony or even great harmony. It is perfect harmony. It is the harmony that can only come from God and by loving one another in the same way Jesus loves us. That kind of harmony can change the world.
I pray we all enjoy harmony. I pray we choose to love one another as Jesus loves us. I pray each one of us will serve one another with love and work toward creating perfect harmony. Enjoy harmony. Love one another. Love as Jesus loves. Be bound together. Seek perfect harmony.
Colossians 3:14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Marty Pressey 