Have you ever listened to a live band that was sounding so good that you found yourself patting your feet to the rhythm of the beat, and then that ‘odd sound’ happened; someone abandoned their note or one of the musicians played the wrong cord? Did you suddenly feel something was wrong, especially if they continued to play that way? The problem was easily recognizable—the rhythm was broken. The continued sour notes and playing the instruments out of key becomes unbearable. To sit throughout the entire performance would be a sacrifice. Unless, of course, if it were your child after their initial music lessons giving their first recital.
There is a rhythm to life that can easily become broken and that is when life’s priorities are out of sync. When people find themselves unhappy after achieving success, getting the girl or guy of their dreams or after landing that six figure job, it is because they are finally awaken to the reality that having things or accomplishing one’s goals does not necessarily translate into happiness. The disharmony in their life creates a repugnant and unpleasant feeling. They were under the assumption that happiness is the ultimate reward of success, but that depends solely on the priority the individual gives to their success.
Generally, people think that their dreams and priorities will automatically synchronize, but this is the furthest from the truth. True synchronization is when a person deliberately places their wants, needs and desires in the correct order and are completely content with that sequence. You may ask, “What is the correct order?”
There is a general order to the rhythm of life, but not all arrangements fit all. The order of your priorities may not be the exact order for me. The Rhythm of Life is putting life’s priorities in perspective.
Two men looked out through prison bars. One man saw the mud; the other man saw the stars! It is often just a matter of perspective. Before you consider changing jobs, churches, or spouses in hopes of finding the fulfillment you seek, examine your attitude. If your attitude is not right, then it does not matter where you work, how much you are compensated or even what you do.
There is an innate quality that is in every human being and when that quality is disrupted, so is life. God is that quality which gives life its quality and rhythm, not things. Counting numbers is just not the same starting with the number two. It is virtually impossible to sincerely start your day with God and end up out of sequence.
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I have found that I have to start the day off with God and keep it that way all day long. I call trials little gremlins which are self-doubt and not accepting others as you would want them to accept you. Make lemonade out of lemons. Life has it’s ups and downs for sure, but it is the smooth sailing part that is the hardest time to keep God in our life. Things are easy and it is easy to forget.
The world can be beautiful and full of awe or it can be hell on earth. It is up to us what it will be that day.
Dr. Brown, I don’t fully understand what you are saying but I do know that it is time for me to begin to concentrate more on the Transitional Center and be in the house of the Lord,than working at home 9 hours a day and not being able to go to prayer, midweek service and cell group. I am beginning to feel like I am left out of things that have to do with God. I want to finish what I must do for my Father, like you said “peoples lives are at stake”. I do believe that Phil. 4:19 “God will supply all my need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”. I believe that it is time for me to actively pursue and be in my place. To me it seems like I have loss a lot of time.To me there is now an urgency to do what my Father has call me to do. Does that make sense?
This as all of the blogs was very powerful. My favorite part was when you said, “Two men looked out through prison bars. One man saw the mud; the other man saw the stars! It is often just a matter of perspective.” How many inventions, marriages, dreams and visions have been aborted because a person had the “mud” type perspective. I understand the music terminology because, I have often played a symphonic melody and struck the wrong note, and the note itself, changed the chord. One note stood between a beautiful or horrible melody. One thought can mean either my success or failure. Thank you for helping me calibrate my focus and get back on beat to the “Rhythm of Life.”
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