Aim For Love (Not Noise)

The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

I Timothy 1:5 ESV

Have you ever lived next door to a musician?

It can be a real treat when he or she is accomplished.

But what about when said musician is, for instance, a lousy drummer who knows how to do nothing but pound…?

We all understand that in the right context musicians gathering to play is lovely.

A symphony, for example, can perform tremendously beautiful and resonating pieces.

They each play their part, complementing one another to form one cohesive sound.

But remember Paul’s warning to the Corinthians, that “if I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal” (I Corinthians 13:1)?

A Christian who misses that the “aim of our charge is love” is like someone pounding away at a cymbal, drowning out everything surrounding it.

When we don’t aim for love, our selfish pride takes over.

Our actions drown out the cross of Christ and point to ourselves instead of our our Creator.

The body of Christ is meant to be a beautiful symphony. Everyone following the Conductor’s baton. Playing in concert and harmonizing with each other.

What will the “aim of your charge” as love look and sound like?