It's Tuesday!!! Time for a tantalizing treat of tunes with a twist! It's Tuesday's Musical Notes that time of the week where the rhythms are memorable and the review is meaningful. Well, at least meaningful is a goal.... Thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday's Musical Notes exists for the purpose of combining some of my favorite songs with a perspective that you won't get about popular music anywhere else. It is the combination of my passion for all things musical with the One thing spiritual that matters in my life. I guess you could say that our objective is, "come for the lyrics, leave with a life change!" Welcome to Tuesday's Musical Notes where we really just have one question for you today..."Isn't it time?"
Ok, I confess it....I'm a sucker for a horn lick and today's song has a couple of great ones! The artists who played however are not credited. More than likely great studio musicians of the age who added their talent to many recordings across all genre. If you add to those horns the backing vocals of the Babettes (Lisa Freeman-Roberts, Myrna Matthews and Pat Henderson from Andre Crouch and the Disciples) and the band The Babys you get the #13 hit "Isn't it Time".
We visited some about lead singer John Waite last week in The Notes as we interpreted his #1 smash "Missing You" (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Missing You"). Consisting of Waite, bass, and vocals, Michael Corby, keyboards/guitars, Tony Brock, drums, and Wally Stocker, guitars, The Babys began their existence as a band in 1977.
The Babys saw some success upon their eponymous initial record release, but it was their sophomore album that would bring international recognition on the strength of "Isn't It Time". As happens when success occurs, the band began feeling the strains that recognition brings. Band member roulette began and continued until the band decided isn't it time to make a change. I guess they found themselves pondering...."(Sitting here all alone) Just trying to decide (Whether to go all alone) Or stay by your side" In 1980 The Babys ceased. "Isn't it Time" would be their highest charting single. The Babys reformed in 2013 with original band members Wally Stocker and Tony Brock and began touring and making new music. The legacy of The Babys would continue to live on in between 1980 and 2013 as former band members joined other rock and roll acts such as Journey, Rod Stewart's touring band, and Styx.
"Isn't it time" is a question I have been asking myself a lot lately. I heard today's song recently on Sirius XM'x 70 on 7 and it caused me to ponder some questions that keep going through my mind. For example, isn't it time that I am more overt about who I am as a follower of Jesus? Isn't it time that I become fully committed to being like the person I say I follow?
Isn't it time for me to do what Jesus commanded...go spread the Gospel (good news about Jesus) and invest in others so they can go spread the Gospel and invest in others...and so on?
Isn't it time that the focus of The Notes is on how to become a believer?
Isn't it time that I see others as Jesus sees them?
Isn't it time that I stop using sarcasm at the expense of others to get a laugh?
Isn't it time I read my Bible more consistently?
Isn't it time that I just stop some of my busyness and sit still allowing Holy Spirit to pierce the distractions that seem to overtake my life?
Isn't it time?
So here goes...
Tuesday's Musical Notes believes that the Bible is truth. It is the words of God to man. With that premise in mind, The Notes contends that God created EVERYTHING. Following that logic, God created man. The Bible says that God created man in His own image. This means we have a spirit that will exist long after our physical bodies cease to function. The Bible says that God created man so He could have a relationship with man. God didn't do this because He was lonely. He did it for our benefit. He created us for the express purpose of being able to KNOW WHO HE IS.
Isn't it time?
Adam and Eve were the first folks on earth. They were in a perfect place known as Eden. God gave them 1 direction. God gave them 1 instruction. God gave them 1 thing that they had to be obedient about. Don't eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Remember there were two trees. The Bible doesn't say that they could not eat of the Tree of Life. But they chose to be rebellious and eat of the one thing in the garden that would bring about death. THEY CHOSE. Genesis chapters 1-3 New International Version of the Bible/The Message paraphrase of the Bible/English Standard Version of the Bible
Isn't it time?
As God entered into the act of creation, He knew that the man He would create would disobey. God knows everything there is to know. While that is difficult for our comprehension, it is no less truth. Because He knew of the disobedience, He planned for a means of escape from the death that He knew Adam would bring. From the creation of the earth, Jesus was the solution to sin. Jesus was the restorer of the relationship. Jesus was the answer to the question the question that keeps going through my mind. 1 Peter chapter 1 NIV/The Message/ESV
Isn't it time?
Our separation from God had to be reconciled. Fast forward from the garden to a hillside. Roman centurions are carrying out the cruelest form of death penalty ever inflicted upon mankind. Three men were hanging from crosses. 2 were convicted criminals, the other was Jesus. The same Jesus who was present at the creation. The same Jesus who was the reconciliation. He died as the sacrifice or replacement for you and I. He died to circumvent the disconnect. The Gospel of Jesus according to the disciple Matthew chapter 27 NIV/The Message/ESV
Isn't it time?
Not only did He die for our sins, He went into a tomb, and was in the earth for three days. On that third day, it was discovered that He was no longer in the tomb. The entrance to the tomb that had been sealed and blocked was now unsealed and open. Jesus was not there! He had come back to life!!! The Bible says that Jesus was resurrected and He, in physical form, was later seen by over 500 people. The Gospel of Jesus according to the disciple Luke chapter 24 NIV/The Message/ESV
Isn't it time?
Jesus resurrection proved that there is more to this life. There is a hereafter. Jesus was the sacrifice to restore the separation that exists between God and man. Jesus is the answer to the questions. Jesus can provide a warmth in your heart and your soul that you never knew. Through God in the form of Holy Spirit, you can feel that warmth and have the assurance that your relationship with God is restored forever. All you have to do is believe what the Bible says about Him. It is all TRUE! The Gospel of Jesus according to the disciple John chapter 14 NIV/The Message/ESV
Hey Babe, Isn't it Time?
Isn't it time? There's no time to wait. Losing this love could be your mistake...
Isn't it time?
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by Serving You,
randy
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