Unification is where it is at!!

My Pastor, Brother Wiggins, has asked the congregation to read thru the book of Acts again. We are to read a chapter every day, until all twenty-eight have been read. I find the way that everything was set for the day of Pentecost to arrive was interesting.  According to the first chapter, (1:15) there were one hundred and fifteen people in the upper room. Every one of them were like minded or on the same page. Act 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

That is really hard to imagine that 120 people could be in the same place, and all in agreement with each other. That surely is the work of God!! Although, it does get even better. On the day of Pentecost, there was an extra three-thousand added, to the original one hundred fifteen.(Acts 2:41)  Those that were added were also doing, like the others were, that were before them.

Act 2:42  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Act 2:43  And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

Act 2:44  And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

Act 2:45  And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

Act 2:46  And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Act 2:47  Praising God, and having favour with all the people and the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

 This is a picture to me of how a church should operate. They have everything going, that would even qualify, for the word fellowship. They ate together, and prayed together. They had each other’s back, because no one reigned over them. They were equal, and suffered no lack. They had all things in common, so there was not any arguing between them. The bottom line is that they were, living in unity with each other.
Psa 133:1  A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
 Even in the book of Psalms it talks about how unity has its own benefits. We serve a God of order, and unity is order in itself. How good and pleasant it is!! There is something even more special about unity. Verse three says that is where the Lord, commands His blessing, in the midst of unity.

I know that we live in a world filled utter chaos. Every man is doing what is right in their own mind, and few people seem to care about the things of the Lord anymore. That still doesn’t give us an open invitation to sin. Jesus set the standard to live by, and we should be following the example that He set for us. I have heard this saying for a long time now. The only Jesus, that some people ever will see, is the Jesus, living inside of us. Someone is always watching us, and most of the time, it is when we don’t ever realize that they are watching.

You might be asking, what does that last paragraph have to do, with what I was writing about? Honestly, I don’t rightfully know. I just felt led to write it. Although, I can tell you that it is a good way to live. If we live like somebody is watching us, at every moment, it should make our behavior better. Actually, Father is watching our every move. Even the ones that we seriously wish that He was not watching.

I guess the closest some of us will ever get to living in unity, is being consistent. If we are consistent with living all the words in red, I think that would be sufficient, to living in unity. If we can do that, then we are making a statement. We are saying to Jesus and the world at the same time, that we have a plan. We acknowledge that Jesus was absolutely right, and we choose to follow in His footsteps.

However, there are some churches in this world that are fairly well unified. I am a member of one. We fast together, and pray together, and we trust our Pastor not to lead us, into any wrong. I know that we are doing something right, because Holy Spirit never misses an opportunity to join us in worship. I know that I have been all over writing this post. I hope that there was something in here that somebody, needs to read. I wish that my American readers have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend!! 

                 ……….Much Love