Resonate Part 2

Yesterday I published part 1 of a series of blogs concerning the word "resonate" and its spiritual and musical implications. Christ begins the "song" in us first, we respond to His song in resonance. We have no capacity to produce sound apart form Him.

Today, I want to continue the idea of resonance with another definition: to have a repetitive pattern that resembles resonance. 1 John 2:6 says, "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."

Christ sets up not only the beginning tones in our life, He also established the pattern we must follow. Just as an object that is resonating will follow a similar pattern of sound, we must follow the pattern of life of the Savior. This means putting aside our own desires and replacing them with His desires. (Rom. 12:1-2) We do not continue in the pattern of the world system around us. 

God made us in His image to be His temple. The Holy Spirit living and dwelling in the believer's heart. We can no more pollute the temple of God with the desires of our flesh. 

Notice the way we do that-by abiding in Him. 

John 15:4-5, "Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."

When we try to resonate on our own, we are unsuccessful every time. We cannot thrive and grow apart from Him and His word. Christ, as the vine, supplies what we need as Christians.Just as a branch cannot survive apart from the vine, we cannot survive without Christ.

Another way of saying this is “strike a chord”. We correspond closely or harmoniously. Without being too technical, there are overtones in every note played and these overtones can vibrate or resonate in harmony when the main note or chord is played. 

We say something "strikes a chord" with us when we respond to something we agree with or are familiar with. John 8:31-32, "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

We must be familiar with, correspond closely, or be in harmony with Christ. This is through the Word alone. We abide in Him, we are fed by Him as the vine, and we produce the fruit in our lives that allows the sound of salvation to continue ringing across the land.