Last night at ReFuel we were talking about the importance of unity in the Body of Christ.
A scripture that came to mind was,
"Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken." Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV)
Ever since the birth of the church of Jesus Christ some 2,000 plus years ago, we have been under assault by an enemy that will always try to destroy us.
To do this, first he will try to divide us. This works more times than it should. Why does he do that? Because he knows just how powerful we are when we are united in one purpose. And that purpose is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. If he can isolate us he can defeat us.
I know of many Christians who try to walk this earth alone. I know of a lot of Christians who have been picked off, one by one, by the enemy.
But a united body of Christ, standing together, locking shields against the enemy, is a force to be reckoned with.
That is my prayer today, to see the church stand united, to see us as one.
There is so much work to do, there is so much at stake here.
Let us join together in fulfilling the prayer of Jesus.
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me." John 17:20-23 (NIV)
