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In Tune with the Master

Trying to SEEM like I was at PEACE, STOLE MY PEACE.

We can do all the tools—meditation, biofeedback, HRV tracking, saunas, deep breathing, frequency work, as I have been writing about all week—but if it’s only a fleeting moment of calm, it’s not real. Either it’s there, or it’s not. You can’t fake peace. You can’t “fake it ’til you make it” with God’s fruit.

You can’t fake it till you make it with peace— or any of the FRUIT. You have to face IT to find it.

Peace, like any of the Spirit’s fruit, comes from truth. We must face reality, be honest, and get anchored in God. Only then does peace emerge as fruit.

“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.” — Isaiah 26:3

It’s built when we get honest—really honest—when we stop performing and start connecting and listening, when we anchor ourselves in Him…

peace isn’t something we alone can manufacture.

I could spend a year talking about all the ways I tried to seem like God was real in my life.

Saying the right things.

Doing the right things. Talk about fake it til you make it-felt more like “fake it so others will think this of you, not THIS”. I grew up a pastor’s kid. There’s a reason why most of us are messed up royally!! 😅

Trying to fit into molds created by people so others would believe something about me ruled my every action-and not just while growing up. It creeps back even now. And do you know what that did (and does)? It stole my peace. It steals even more than peace. It steals even the ability to be honest. Because seeming is exhausting. Pretending is lying.

And God never asked us to perform—He asked us to abide.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me… you will bear much fruit.” — John 15:5

Fruit doesn’t come from striving. It comes from connection.

God is real to me—VERY real—but not in a polished, put-together way.

It’s messy.

It’s honest-at least more honest than it used to be.

It’s alive.

And I don’t believe peace means no storms.

Peace can actually be loud. It can be intense. It can feel like standing in the middle of chaos while something deeper holds steady.

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give as the world gives.” — John 14:27

God’s peace isn’t the absence of noise— it’s alignment within it.

As associate concertmaster of the DSO—actually acting as concertmaster while Robyn is on maternity leave—I see this in real time. There is something breathtaking when an orchestra is truly in tune with one another. Someone must set the tone, create a firm and true anchor, for everyone else to find and believe in. It’s not just pitch—it’s timbre, attitude, character, the way each sound points to the whole. Some passages are soft and delicate; others fortissimo. Chaos arrives when we aren’t tuned, when unity is absent. It’s more than dissonance—it’s disassociation.

I think it is the same with God.

When we are not anchored in Him, we don’t just feel “off”—we feel scattered. Fragmented. Uncertain.

“For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” — 1 Corinthians 14:33

But when we align with Him—when we truly tune to His voice something changes.

There’s this phenomenon in music…

When two or more notes are truly in tune, overtones begin to emerge. Sympathetic vibrations start to ring. Suddenly, the sound becomes more than what’s being played.

It expands.

It fills the space.

It touches everything.

So is it with God.

“For where two or more gather in My name, there am I with them.” — Matthew 18:20

When we come into harmony, alignment with Him—and with each other in Him—something supernatural happens.

We become more than the sum of our parts.

There is a resonance.

A presence. A fullness that cannot be manufactured.

You don’t stumble into that kind of harmony-on stage or otherwise.

You seek it.

You crave it.

You pursue it like your next breath depends on it.

“You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.” — Jeremiah 29:13

And when you do…the fruit isn’t forced.

Peace.

Clarity.

Alignment.

They show up because they have to.

Because that’s what happens when you are finally—fully—

in tune with the Master.

Reflection

Where in my life am I trying to SEEM instead of truly SEEK my creator and truly BE who I am created to be? What would it look like to stop performing and start abiding? Am I craving alignment with God as deeply as I crave comfort or approval from others?

Action Step

Today, take one moment—just one—to get brutally honest with God.

No performance.

No script.

Just truth.

And then listen… for the tone He is setting, for the note He is singing.

“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” — Zephaniah 3:17

And maybe the most humbling part of all…while we are striving to get in tune with Him—He has been singing over us the entire time.