“…Endeavoring to
keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one
Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;” (Ephesians 4:3 KJ)
Peace and harmony
didn’t always prevail in our home as our boys grew up. Rather often the
siblings were fighting and it even happened that somebody was given a
walloping. But the remarkable thing was that if an external threat appeared,
i.e. that one of the boys was attacked by someone from outside the family, the
brothers came together in unity and supported each other one hundred percent.
Sometimes
I wonder if Christians get stuck in quarrels because they haven’t realized that
we have a common enemy – the devil, who wants to destroy, devastate and
demolish all of God’s good creation. In all wars one tactical response is to
create divisions among one’s opponents. This is also true in the spiritual war,
in which each Christian is involved every day. If we just would realize, that
as Christians we are siblings in the same family, and that the enemy’s goal is
to create dissonance among us, we would unite as one around Truth again.
Prayer
Lord, help me to contribute to unity today. Help me so I do not stubbornly only uphold my own opinions. Help me to see that loving my Christian brothers and sisters is more important than my being right.
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