We’ve talked about how our words have power. We’ve found the Words for life. But now these words need to be brought into unity. Unity means coming together. It means having a connection. It means thinking about things the same way because we know the truth.
If we understand the power of our words, how we use our words, our internet, our Video Phone, our Facebook and Twitter we know we need unity. If we understand the words of Life we would run to Jesus in every situation and seek how Jesus would do something BEFORE we think we can solve anything without Him.
In a perfect world all people would cooperate. In a perfect world there would be no argument, no obsessing about what someone else says. In a perfect world God would be in control.
Guess what…WE ALREADY LIVE in a perfect world! WHAT???? Pastor John is drinking too much Starbucks and its making him think not right. But IN TRUTH we ALL know God created the universe perfectly. God created you and me perfectly. God created our world perfectly. If this was not true, then God is not God. God only does things perfectly.
So why is the world not perfect? It is because we have turned our backs on God. When we turn our backs on God we turn our backs on each other.
Remember perfect means no blame, perfect means mature. Perfect means things are complete or finished. Many people are skilled at saying the world is not perfect because of other people. “Surely it’s not me!” They say Adam and Eve messed it up for everyone!
Where did we go wrong? It starts with you and me when we broke unity with God. Adam and Eve are only the example because they were the first. And we have been trying ever since to get the unity back. We cannot do it ourselves. Only Jesus Can! We must change our perspective back to God.
I don’t know if you have ever thought about it, but I have often wondered what it was like in heaven before the first Christmas. I have wondered what the conversation must have been within the perfect unity of the Trinity. It must have been difficult to watch from heaven and see the mess we were making. Our relationships with each other and with God are less than perfect because we are selfish. Not only that, God’s children over and over again reject God’s offer of unity with Him. How would that make you feel? I wonder if God thought, “Enough!” “It’s time to go and do something!” “It is time to straighten out this mess!”
Think for a moment…What was life like for Jesus before he came to earth?
Jesus is the Co-creator with the Father and Holy Spirit. Life in heaven was a picture of all that is perfect. It was a way of life characterized by true joy. Jesus had a limitless life with all the glory of heaven. And what did Jesus choose to do? Jesus had the courage to leave all that to be born a baby, to touch the earth, to experience how it felt to be one of us, living without unity. Because of the love He had for us, and to bring us together with heaven, He decided to come to earth for you and me. And He died so that you and I could be brought together for Eternal Life. He said from the Cross, “It is finished.” “It is perfect.”
In the person of Jesus, God experienced flesh and bones.
He suffered and grieved.
He got thirsty and hungry.
He was frustrated and disappointed.
He could no longer be everywhere at one time.
He had to have clothes to wear.
If you hit Him, it would hurt.
If you cut him, He bled
Jesus is God with us.
Jesus is God.
God lived and walked among us on the earth.
And we rejected Him.
Many still reject Him today.
Rejection is not unity.
Do you feel rejected? How do you think Jesus felt? Do you feel people ignore you? Jesus is involved in all creation. But He is interested in YOU. He has a plan for YOU. He loves YOU. He loves you enough that He put aside heaven for a short time and came to us to bring unity.
Let your heart declare today that Jesus is the Lord of your life.
Serve no other.
Love the One who loves you with unending love.
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