I love talking about the unity that the 120 believers had on the day of Pentecost. What an amazing event happened because of each person laying down their will for the will of God. Imagine what could happen if we as believers did that everyday of our lives! Our homes would be more peaceful, and our world would be very aware that the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives can make things not only different, but better! Eph 4 reminds us to endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. he Message Bible reads like this:
“In light of all this, here’s what I want you to do. While I’m locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk—better yet, run!—on the road God called you to travel. I don’t want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don’t want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere. And mark that you do this with humility and discipline—not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences. You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly. You have one Master, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.
I love that! We are to stay together, both outwardly and inwardly. We all know the picture of the little boy standing in the corner for disciple, that says, I may be standing up on the outside, but I’m sitting down on the inside. He is complying, but doing it unwillingly. God wants us to comply to His will, willingly! Let’s be the ones who let our heart and our actions and our words match. We can be unified to bring peace!