Tuesday September 4, 2012

If there are issues for you that are making unity and love hard, deal with those today by talking to an elder or pastor at your church.

 

Read 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

 

What goes through a child’s mind when their parents argue? Without any doubt we can say that a child gets his/her security from their parents’ security and unity. When Dad and Mum are getting on well and are secure in their relationship the child is secure and more at peace.

 

The same truth applies to us as God’s children. Can you imagine how insecure life would be if the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit) had a rift or an argument? Imagine being deep in prayer and having God say to you something like, ‘Come back later we’re arguing up here.’ It’s ludicrous. We get our security and peace from knowing that the Godhead is secure.

But also flowing out of that unity in the Godhead is the unity within the church.  The church is unified because there is only one God and all three persons in that Godhead agree and live in constant & perfect unity. The world could not function if it were otherwise.

 

Notice how in these three verses Paul talks about the Trinity? There are different gifts, services and workings but there is only one God - God the Spirit. God the Son/Lord Jesus and God the Father.

 

And because there is one God, perfectly united, there can be no division in the Church. The Spirit that gives gifts agrees with the Son who gives us our service

who in turn agrees perfectly with the Father who gives us our works to do. Division in the church can NOT and does NOT come from God. It is from our sinful desires that wage war against us. It is from our pride and arrogance and our desire to be better or more important than others.

 

Are you unified with your church? Are you on board with your church’s direction and mission? Are you loving others in your church? Are you growing unity in your church? Get to it today!

 

Prayer:

Spend time in adoration, confession and thanks. Write down your points for future reference.

 

Adoration:

 

Confession:

 

Thanks:

 

Supplication:

¨ Pray for unity within your church but also across denomination boundaries. Pray that the churches throughout your region would be working together for the sake of the gospel.

¨ Pray that God would grow love in your church. Ask God to show you 1 thing you can do to grow love in your church.