John
17:20-23
“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. Then the world will
know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. (NIV)
One
My favorite prayer in the Bible is the
prayer Jesus prayed just before He was crucified. In His prayer, He prayed for me (and for
you). The question is what did He mean
when He prayed for us to all be one just as He and the Father are one? We are all individual people. Look around at how we act toward one
another. Even in our churches there are
signs of animosity and bitterness. I
believe a major part of being one is to be of one purpose. Jesus and the Father had the purpose of
showing us the love of God and how God created us to live our lives. We have a common purpose that should unite us
as one. We are to love and glorify God
and share Him with others. We each are
unique and have a unique way of doing this.
The way in which God leads me to share His love with others is different
from the way He leads you to share. This
doesn’t mean my way is right and yours is wrong. We should remember we are unified in our
purpose even though our way of showing and fulfilling that purpose might be
different. Let us not be so quick to
judge or criticize another but look at each other recognizing our oneness of
purpose and relationship to Jesus and our Father through the one and same Holy
Spirit living in each of us. Through His
Holy Spirit we are one.
By Ginger Chapman
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