A Distinct Sound
And even things without life-giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? (1 Corinthians 14:7-8)
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Isn't it amazing how God has made all of us different? We all have our own eyesight, fingerprints, DNA, and likes and dislikes. Even identical twinS has their own DNA, fingerprints, and eyesight. Amazing!
The psalmist said: "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well" (Psalms 139:14). God wants His people to be different. From the beginning of time, to when God called His people from Egypt, which is a type and shadow of the world, He began to place a difference between His people and the people of the world. Their clothing was to be different: A woman was not to wear that which pertaineth to a man, nor a man wear that which pertaineth to a woman. Unisex had nothing to do with it. Nor did the change of times, dates, and cultures. A woman's attire was a woman's attire, and a man's attire was a man's attire (Deuteronomy 22:5). Men and womens hair lengths were to be different (1 Corinthians 11:14-15). And the list goes on and on. But Paul told the church at Galatia, "But there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ" (Galatians 1:7). In other words, there are going to be those who try to change it. Peter said once you’re born again, there is this distinction, and you should be set apart. (1 Peter 2:9). No matter how much the world changes around us, born-again Christians who are carriers of God's Word must blow the trumpet of warning, and it must be a distinct sound. "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed" (1 Corinthians 15:51-52).
