UNITY - I love this word. It means we are all one....united together. Everyone on the same page and have a common bond. That bond within the church is Jesus. We all love and adore our Savior and delight in Him as well as each other. We all live in harmony with the desire to be one in Jesus.
When I think of unity 2 things come to my mind. First, In my job (and I know I go on and on about it), we have unity when a serious situation comes in.....like a cardiac arrest. When I was in housekeeping, I would clean the rooms around the arrest and just stand in awe of how everyone pulled together for the good of the patient. No one competed with the other to do anything. Everyone knew their role and just did what they needed to. Now, I am on the other side in the middle of the arrest, and I have my part to do in the patient's care, as well as the others. We all know who is doing what. No one competes with anyone and the unity displayed for the best interest of the patient is something I will always remember. There is no arrogance between the doctors or nurses or techs.....just working as one body to help the patient. This is amazing to me.
The second thing that comes to mind is my church family. The unity we have is somewhat the same as my work family. We pray for each other, and worship together. We know each other. When someone is struggling, or in need, we all pull together for them. The Bible tells us in John 17:21 that we are to be the body of Jesus on this earth so the world can know and believe in Jesus.
Having unity and love among fellow believers is a way the world will know who we belong to and recognize Jesus.
Ephesians 4:4-6 tells us that we are one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, through all, and in all.
These are amazing texts. This is telling us that we were never called into the Christian life to carry it out alone. We were never meant to be a lone wolf and serve Christ by ourselves. We are to be unified in a body of believers to build each other up and hold each other accountable. We are called to be like Jesus. Some friends and I have been adventuring out to meet new people and ask if we can lift them up in prayer. This has been a very encouraging thing for me. Meeting new people is always fun for me and when they respond in wanting prayer, it lets us know the door is opened for further connections with them. We go as a small group. We work together. We know the other ones strengths and go along with it. No competition, we just have Jesus as the focus and let God do the work through the ones he puts in our path. Maybe others will join us in this mission?
In closing.....Psalm 133:1 says that it is good and pleasant when brothers (and sisters in Christ) dwell in unity. Good and pleasant. This is a discipline that is close to me. Unity is something we can work at together. It is a command by God to be unified in our life with Him and other believers. Amen.
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