His words— “I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to
complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved
them even as you have loved me.” (Emphasis added)
Truth
The world knowing Jesus is contingent upon ONENESS. The oneness of all
Believers!
Again… “…then the world will know you sent me, and have loved them”.
Life Application
Find your identity in Jesus.
Jesus Christ must be the point of reference, the rally spot, for every
Believer!
Believing in the power of His Blood, the finished works of His cross… and
the hope of His RESURRECTION, has given us all new life! Who we are
now and all that we will be… is defined in Jesus! If we continue, however,
to find our identity in everything else (race, politics, economics, social
debates etc.) the issues of our day will divide us even further, thus hindering
greatly our Kingdom assignment.
I challenge you today to embrace the identity found within the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. In Him we live, we move, and we have our ‘being’. In Him our
passions will be divinely aligned, our focuses harmoniously shifted, and
oneness will then be inevitable.
Conclusion
In His presence, as I began to meditate on the divisions and troubles of these
times, I was given this revelation. It has become my declaration:
More than I am the color of my skin,
:
“““ Culturally speaking, we are no
longer to see ourselves as
black Christians, white
Christians, Hispanic
Christians, Asian Christians,
and so forth. When we
experience conversion, not
only is the curse of sin
reversed, but so, too, is our
self-description. I am not a
black Christian; rather, I am a
Christian who is black. This is
more than a mere changing of
the order of the words; it is an
expression of a Christian view
of life and the world.““
(p. 95-96).
The righteous convictions
of the Believer take form
as Jesus reveals His heart
to us. It’s a powerful
process. The more He
unveils His heart to us,
the more we discover
who we are.
When we know our
Jesus-identity, we will
find UNITY, we will find
PEACE… and THEY will
find LOVE…
And that my friends, is
the reason we are here.
More than I am a member of a political party,
More than I am opponent of or an advocate for any
social issue,
More than I am even— an American,
More than I am ANYTHING…
Lacie L. Jones
Publisher/Founder
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