That we may be ONE!

What is God's greatest desire for His people? That we may be ONE!

We are told, "It is the will of God that union and brotherly love should exist among His people. The prayer of Christ just before His crucifixion was that His disciples might be one as He is one with theFather, that the world might believe that God had sent Him. This most touching and wonderful prayer reaches down the ages, even to our day; for His words were, “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word.” John 17:20. 

While we are not to sacrifice one principle of truth, it should be our constant aim to reach this state of unity. This is the evidence of our discipleship. Said Jesus, “By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.” John 13:35. The apostle Peter exhorts the church, “Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; loveas brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.” 1 Peter 3:8, 9

So as we look at our own lives, what is keeping us from being ONE with our brothers and sister in Christ? What is keeping us from being ONE with our families? Is it self, pride, or something else within us? Is it our desire for supremacy or to prove to others that we are right and they are wrong? We may feel that it is others that are to blame for this lack of unity…but maybe it is ourselves?? Think about it!