In 1971 Coca Cola adapted a song from a pop group called The New Seekers. It was entitled I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing in Perfect Harmony. The lyrics were as follows:
I’d like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves
I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I’d like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company
I’d like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
For peace through out the land
(That’s the song I hear)
I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony.
Is it naïve to think Paul’s counsel in Romans 12:20 is still relevant? “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Paul also wrote in chapter 15, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing the praises of your name.”
It is so easy to respond to adversity with our basic selfishness. It just pops to the surface with little thought. To turn the other cheek is not natural. The more we study the life of our Jesus the more we see how radical He was. He was a revolutionary with a message so new and so different He divided history into two.
If He could bring us into His likeness and be our Prince of Peace by teaching us to stand hand in hand and sing in perfect harmony by buying us a Coca Cola, I truly believe He would. He’s the REAL THING.
Spring Of Life