A Unified Church – Day 3

"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. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” - John 17:20-23


How’s this for a startling statement: Jesus prayed that, as believers, we’d have the same kind of unity that exists in God himself. He is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, yet still one God. It’s a mystery, to be sure, but that’s the model for how unified he wants us to be. If we’re able to live in that kind of unity, then it shows people that something supernatural is present. Disunity is natural – even expected (kind of like how you and your siblings sometimes get on each other’s nerves). So imagine how stunned people would be if Christians all lived in unity. It’s possible through Christ, but only if we’re willing.

If you feel you’re not living in unity with other believers, then what’s holding you back?

What are you doing to clear away the obstacles?

Ask God to enable you to overcome anything that would keep you from having this kind of intimacy with others.