Handel's Messiah by the London Symphony Orchestra: Harmony in the Church

Wow! Thanks, Ron, for this musical treat.

Everyone on this site should listen to this video. As I listened and worshipped God, my heart was just lifted up in recognition of the excellence that is God and all He does. And I gleaned tremendous inspiration from the Spirit and insight about the work of Jesus Christ in the Church.

We read in James 1:17: "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."

Like every one of these excellently gifted musicians and singers in this Orchestra, every true member in the Body of Christ, the Church, is endowed with good and perfect gifts.When God takes control of the gifts or talents He has given us and uses them, the outcome is excellence - spiritual harmonious symphonic excellence.

In this video one sees and hears such ultimate harmony in voice and music. It's almost impossible to single out above or beside the rest any one musician or singer contributing more or less than the others to this wonderful musical performance. There is a complete blending and oneness in the musical output.

All eyes are on the conductor. He directs the dozens of musicians and singers into one harmonious musical beauty because each one is not there to outdo the other and to show off his or her talent or skill, but to do his or her part excellently according to the leadership of the conductor and the design of the composer. Every musician and singer is oriented to do his or her part to produce the beauty of the whole masterpiece of the composer and to transmit the skillful direction of the conductor.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the conductor and composer of the glorious purpose He has designed for the Church, His Body, to display in this world. Everyone who sincerely is a member of the Body of Christ will not be striving with others to showcase his or her gifts and ministries. But each one will submit his or her gifts and ministries to the Lord, and with eye focused on the Lord, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding of the will and purpose of the Lord, will do his or her part with the excellence that the grace of God provides, as he or she follows the direction of the Lord and manifests the workmanship of God in whatever he or she is called of God to be and do.

Then the world will see and hear the excellent symphony that we as the Church, the Body of Christ, under the Headship of Christ, can produce in a world of chaos and confusion. And men will praise and glorify the Lord. Amen.