This week I am day late but thankfully not a dollar short with the blog.
Yesterday was recognized as the National Day of Prayer. The theme for this year was “Love One Another”. The theme is in response to the commandment of Jesus which He gives in John 13:34 when He says, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you so you must love one another.
We live in a world where there is so much division. Republicans vs. democrats, black vs. white, and Christians vs. Christians. The root cause of division is an inability to love one another. One side wants the other side to fail and in the case of Christians vs. Christians they want to advance their own agendas instead of the agenda of God. Jesus said that a kingdom divided against itself will fall and this is the prospect that faces our nation, the church, and in some cases our families.
The opposite of division is unity and unity is so important that in John 17 we are told that Jesus prayed for unity. What enables us to work together in a spirit of unity is our ability to love one another, our ability to put aside what divides and focus on what brings us together. What brings us together is the fact that we are all sinners and Jesus died for each and every one of us. This is the message that we have been called to share and if we are to be effective in the spreading of this message we need each other, we need to work in a spirit of unity, and in order to work in a spirit of unity, we need to love one another. May we learn to follow this important command of Jesus and express our love for one another each day.