Seize the Moment – Day 1269
The Unity of Shared Purpose!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, September 7.
There is something powerful that happens when people go on a mission trip or a pilgrimage journey together – they unite as a family (or team). When people spend focused time together, they tend to unify around their shared experiences. Psalm 133 captures the purposeful unity of those who pilgrimage together to experience communion with God:
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard, coming down upon the edge of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing – life forever.
The fulfillment of today’s psalm is one of Jesus’ purposes for coming – to birth His church and build it through people, in the unity of the Spirit (Ephesians 4), as He prayed to the Father in John 17:20-23:
I do not ask on behalf of these [the original disciples] alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 133, meditating upon Jesus’ prayer for the unity of His church. What is causing division in your local assembly of believers? What steps can you take today to be “diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:13)?
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