Wise Words are Worth Repeating
“If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now. It’s just a spring clean for the May queen.” Name the song and artist in the comment section below. First right answer wins a prize on Sunday! (Without cheating people!!)
I actually won a game of trivia by answering that very question correctly. I love lyrics. I truly have no idea what the ones above mean, but they sound somehow….deep. Paul, in his letter to the believers in Ephesus, quoted lyrics from a song that King David wrote.
“In your anger do not sin.”
I think those are little bit more straight forward, but deep nonetheless. Paul is speaking on unity. He is encouraging the body to reject things that divide them and cling to things that unite them. Reject falsehood, cling to truth. Reject the old you, cling to your new creation in Jesus. Reject corruption and cling to righteousness and holiness. And in order to drive home that point of not sinning in your anger and making sure to set things straight with your neighbor before the sun sets, he quoted a song, Psalm 4.
“In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.” Verse 4
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.” Verse 8
Sort of like a “peaceful easy feelin’.” That is where David was taking us with the song. Think of the Lord and rest in the provisions He has for us and drift off to a peaceful sleep! Paul was using it to bring about unity in the body, trusting in the Lord, speaking truth to your neighbor, settling disputes quickly and solidly in the truth and similarly invoking the “peaceful easy feelin’. All of those things together serve a very important purpose…except I was only assigned the first part of the sentence, so you will have wait to hear from Todd tomorrow!
Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven.” Dissipated youth did not comprehend the lyrics. And the second reference is Eagles… but musical trivia is not what this is about.
The point being, that our attitude should be Jesus attitude; that is, to automatically be one of forgiveness. We should give each other a break, some slack in the line, and not be so quick to puff up and take offense at every slight. And especially not to be quick to condemn just because we disagree on something.
BTW, Jimmy Page is still a guitar force to be reckoned with and Robert Plant is now on a mission to save Americana music.
I’ll be your round about. The words will make you out ‘n out.
I’m really glad we can understand THE Word. But this is not about music trivia.
Peace.