Yesterday during our church service, one of our bell choirs played a piece. As I was watching and listening, I thought about how similar the bell choir was to how Paul describes the church.

In a bell choir, there are 10 or 12 people who ring two to four bells each. Each bell is a different note. When the ringers play precisely, in time, it creates beautiful chords and a melody that flows from one ringer to the next. If all we heard was one ringer, the music would be almost meaningless, with a couple notes played, then silence waiting for those notes to occur again in the piece.

Paul writes in Romans 12:4-6, “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.”

God has given each of us different interests and talents. When we all use them together for his work, the church comes together like a beautiful musical performance with each of us playing our part in perfect synchrony, bringing glory to God, and serving our neighbors.

Dear Lord, you have created the opportunity for us to do great things as a church, when we work together using the unique gifts you have given each of us. Help us remember to use what you have given us, and when combined with what you have given our fellow members, Your church will do great things. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

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