November 3, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, November 3.
We're talking today about family, a very special family . . . the String Family. This family includes dozens of musical instruments, each unique in size and shape and sound - but holding one thing in common - they all make music through the vibration of a string. Even the number of strings that each has is unique - the guitar has 6, the violin 4, the mandolin has 8 strings, the banjo 5, the harp has 47, the dulcimer only 3. Yes, these instruments are distinctly different from each other, but because they hold in common one foundational characteristic - they are a family.
I don't know about your church, but First Baptist Center is made up of many unique individuals, each with a unique personality, each with unique backgrounds, each with unique gifts. The Apostle Paul addresses this in I Corinthians 12.
4 - There are many gifts, but one Spirit is the source of them all.
18-20 - God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
And so, in the Christian life, you may be the violin or the concert harp or maybe you're more like the ukulele. The differences aren't as important as what we hold in common. It's not about our gifts - it's about His grace. That's what makes us . . . a family.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
