My son took piano lessons for many years and the first tool we were told to buy when he started lessons was a metronome. A metronome was set at different paces depending on the tempo of the song he was practicing. The metronome is a clicking sound that would align my sons tempo with the tempo of the metronome. Some of his practice included a faster pace, while others included a slower pace. Both paces were challenging to him during practice time, for he either was not able to maintain the faster pace due to finger flexibility or knowledge of the keys; or he was not enjoying the slower pace because he considered it boring. But that metronome taught him how to play a variety of songs, so whatever tempo the song demanded, he was able to be in time with the tempo of the song, because he was trained with the metronome in practice.

The Lord reminded me of this metronome today, for the Lord does not have one speed at which He operates, but He does have one song He is playing and He is wanting us all as His body to be singing the same song. Unity in the body of Christ is only possible if we all know what song God is playing at any given time. We must know the tempo of the song and the key it is being played in for us all to be playing or singing the same song. Some of us are playing an instrument, some of us are singing along, but all of us need to be on the same song at the same time at the same tempo and in same key if we want to hear the song of heaven for earth right now.

For this dream of God to be a reality in His body, we must quit wanting to live by the beat of own drum. This is hardest for Americans because we value individualism over corporate. The kingdom of God is not invidualistic it is a kingdom, that has a king. I would love to hear even one church singing the same song of heaven, one city, one state, one nation, but it starts with one family singing the same song of heaven. The enemy loves to tell us we can do our own thing and be successful, but the kingdom says, it is a we thing not a me thing if we are going to be successful in the kingdom.

Individually we need to die to ourself, so we can live in this kingdom. We must know what time it is in the spirit and what song is being sung. Solomon said, “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—“. The church is living in so many different time zones, it is no wonder unity is hard for us. But I believe God is teaching us kingdom and one of the classes we are going to take is called Kingdom Time. Get ready to learn how to work with the metronome of heaven, it is a required tool for the class we are about to take. God is setting our pace, so we can all sing the same song, at the same tempo and when He does this the sound that comes out of the body of Christ is going to bless the nations.