Harmony at the Table

Proverbs tells us that a dinner of herbs with love is better than a steak dinner with strife (Proverbs 15:17). And you have surely experienced this first hand. You have made all of the preparations for a lovely sabbath dinner, but then when coming to tuck in at the table all parties forgot to bring kindness with them. Or, you are out to a fine restaurant to celebrate an anniversary and it is as if the legions which went into the swine seemed to ruin your candle lit meal around that expensive piece of Wagyu beef.

The same holds true around this table. There is no greater feast in the world. But that does not change the fact that, if you come with something against your brother, then the whole thing becomes unsavory. If you come in unbelief, then what is sweet will be bitter to you.

Paul’s instruction is that we would be of one accord, which is to be harmonious. Harmony does not consist in everyone singing the same note. But the notes do have to get along. The notes must appreciate each other. They must recognize each other.

You may not struggle with the sins that beset the sopranos, and you may not always understand why the tenors do what they do. But you must at least appreciate that the sopranos are finite creatures like yourself and the LORD loves them as He loves you. Yes, you may not know what the tenors are up to but you can be grateful that they are up to it.

What you cannot do is be bent out of shape by those other voices, be that envy for their graces or strife when they’ve gone off key. The key to the freedom and harmony of any organism is our Prince of Peace who died to put an end to all of our fussing. So come in faith and welcome to Jesus Christ.

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