The Unity of the Spirit!

“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” – Ephesians 4:1-6 NIV

Everybody is different, and therefore, we hang out with different people. We make clubs and do everything together. Although I did not do everything together with my old friends, I hung out with them in the morning tea and lunch times of the school. I had many different groups to hang out with. As I wanted to be “cool,” I hung out with smokers and tried to be a gangster. I also wanted to feel loved, so I hung out with girls. When I think about my old days, I think emotions and feelings were one of my foundations.

As we feel peace when we are united in the spirit with one another, God desires every human to be reconciled with each another through His Spirit, so that we may be in perfect unity through faith in Him., He does not care about what we and others did wrong in the past as He is the forgiving God. His focus of reconciliation is us reconciling to one another and to God (2 Corinthians 5:11-21). Before, Jesus Christ was crucified, He prayed that humans to be reconciled with each other so that the world would know God through faith in Jesus (John 17:6-26). If people cannot love each other, the Bible states that they also cannot love God (1 John 4:20-21). One of the love languages and reconciliation signals probably are conversations. My spiritual mother uses her effort to try and understand me. Although she cannot understand me completely yet, without using an iPad, I love the fact that she is trying. I know this as she apologises to me if she cannot understand. What I love about Windsor Park Baptist Church is its community. Most of them try to understand me. Hence, I try not to use my iPad to communicate with people as much as possible.

Meditate on John 17:6-26 and ask yourself this question: “What do I have to improve on to reconcile with others completely?”