(1 Corinthians 1:30 NIV)
Karisa
followed me up the steep, polished, wooden steps to the sanctuary’s choir-loft
behind the pulpit. She is a gifted flutist and Morgan County Middle School’s
band director.
“Please
give me an ‘A’,” Karisa requested. I struck an octave with my right hand, the 2
‘A’ ivory keys on both sides of middle ‘C’. She blew steadily into her silver flute.
Her otherwise clear tone sounded unexpectedly flat, clouded, slightly below the
intended pitch. After a few adjustments, the musical instrument was tuned perfectly
to the grand piano, ready for morning worship.
Karisa tuned
her flute earlier that morning to a piano in the choir room that struggled to hold
pitch. The sanctuary piano was located where climate conditions
were more carefully monitored.
Rick, a local piano-tuner, was amazed last year to discover
my personal, studio-grand piano sounded perfectly in tune. It had been wrapped,
boxed, and standing on its side for two years! Before the moving company
transported my piano into storage, I confirmed their facility was
climate-controlled.
We are God’s instruments: flutes, pianos, voices. How are we
“tuned” to Him? He tunes and sanctifies us, makes us holy, set-apart, so we thrive
in his “climate-controlled” environment. He gets all the credit.
Oswald
Chambers wrote, “Sanctification means being made one with Jesus.” His power keeps
us in perfect tune with Him. The Holy Spirit continually strikes a tuning fork
in our hearts to align us with spot-on pitch.
I will
stay connected to Jesus today, sanctified, and tuned to His Spirit. I hope you
will, too!
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