Today my psychology teacher asked someone to pray before class started. Someone near me said he would, and off he went. It was a good prayer. A nice prayer. Maybe a little typical, you know - nothing out of the ordinary. But one thing that my ear perked up at was when he mentioned God working in "our life." Lives? No. Life. Now, I truly do not believe that he meant to say this. It was likely a mere slip. Kind of like when we say something along the lines of, "When's the assignments due?" instead of "When are the assignments due?"
However, I thought said "slip" to be somewhat appropriate.
Here we are, often talking about how 'we' are the body of Christ... one body.
'For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.'
[1 Corinthians 12:12, NASB]
'... put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.'
[Colossians 3:14-15, NASB]
'For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.'
[Romans 12:4-5, NASB]
If we are one in Christ, if we are to be one body, why wouldn't we have one life?
By truly living life for Christ out of love for God, we would, indeed, live one life.
One goal.
One purpose.
United.
Remember, we live life immersed in love from God.
Let's live our life together.
1 comment:
This is something I have definitely been thinking about for many months. Not to push Catholicism here or anything, but the "One body" idea as you have wonderfully exhibited, is something very important for Christ. If we are to one body, why are we split into over 33,000 "denominations"? And if there is hope at unity, why keep these divisions? I think that the division by denominations is one of the biggest hindrances for non-believers to come to Christ, wouldn't you say?
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