Bible Reading: Psalm 133:1- 3
“And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.” – Genesis 11:6(KJV)
There are so many reasons why brethren disagree with each other today. While there is nothing wrong in disagreeing, a true child of God is not expected to hold grudges against his brethren. Leviticus 19:18 (KJV): “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.”
The Lord expects that with love, we will not be grudging anyone and so as children of the Most High , we are expected to forgive often. This is why our Saviour says we should forgive four hundred and ninety times a day. Matthew 18:21-22 (KJV): “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”
It is not likely that someone will offend you in 100 times talk less of seventy times seven (490). This means we should forgive those who trespass against us as soon as the offence is committed. This is the only way we can truly live in love and unity. And the Bible enjoins us to live in unity. Psalm 133:1 (KJV) – “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
In unity, we can achieve anything. God confirms this in Genesis 11:6 (KJV): “And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do”
This means whatever challenge we have, if we come together with our brethren and jointly work together, we will overcome the challenge. Thus we can overturn the world if only we will come together in unity and work.
The question then is why are we not achieving major milestones in our various fellowships, churches, families, businesses etc? It is because we are not working in unity. There are too many personal objectives conflicting with team goals and those objectives are not shared to make room for reconciliation. The outcome is that we begin to work at cross purposes thus limiting our abilities. Thus Synergy, which simply means interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, cannot be at work.
Satan knows the benefit of synergy and so intentionally works against it in the gathering of children of God. If we are to operate in unity, Satan would be limited in almost all ways and so it’s doing everything to prevent us. No wonder, Satan got a better part of Ananias and Sapphira when they were to sell their property and share with the rest of their brethren. Satan caused them to lie and have a personal goal of giving the impression that they had given all when both had decided to keep half for themselves. This single and seemingly simple action caught short the life of the couple and prevented them from fulfilling their potential.
For us to fulfill our potential, we need to operate in a free and united environment; and we can create this by being truthful and laying good example for others to follow.
Prayer: Please remove every Spirit of disunity from me and all the brethren around me in Jesus name.
Bro. Biodun Oyaper0