A Unified Church – Day 2

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. - Philippians 2:5-11


I like my life. More to the point, I like how I live my life: However I want to. But when you have a family or live with other people, you find out very quickly that you have to make some changes if everyone is going to get along. Compromise is necessary to make life work in community. Jesus thought it was worth the price. See all the things he had to do to bring us into the family? But he believed it was worth laying aside his glory – just for us. If Jesus was willing to do all of that for us, then we need to be willing to make sacrifices for others. It’s not always easy (it certainly wasn’t for Jesus), but it does bring about new life.

What areas of your life will you have to change in order to live in unity with other believers? Are you willing to make those sacrifices?

Ask God to show you how to do that through his power – not your own.