I've been thinking about these things.
As human beings we are united in our insignificance.
"What is man that thou art mindful of him?"
We are united in our value. "But you have made man a little lower than the angels."
What amazing dignity God has given to each person on this earth.
We are united in our sinfulness and our need for a Savior.
"For all have sinned, and fallen short of the glory of God."
In Christ, in the church, we are also united in our need for forgiveness and justification.
We are united in our spiritual possessions.
We have in our treasury all the unsearchable riches of Christ.
We are united in our position.
We are seated with Him in the heavenly places.
We are united in our kinship.
God is our Father and Jesus is our brother.
We have nothing. We have everything.
We are sinners. We are forgiven.
We are crushed. We have dignity.
We are dirt. We are gold.
Jesus prayer recorded in John 17~"I am not praying only for these men but for all who will believe in me through their message, that they may be one. Just as you, Father, live in me and I live in you, I am asking that they may live in us, that the world may believe that you did send me. I have given them the honour that you gave me, that they may be one, as we are one~I in them and you in me, that they may grow complete into one, so that the world may realise that you sent me and have loved them as you loved me.~~~~I have made you known to them and I will continue to do so that the love which you have had for me may be in their hearts~and that I may be there also."
Our unity, then, is the same unity Jesus has with His Father.
And they have come to make their home in us and reveal their love to us and through us.
This is the key to the world believing that God sent Jesus.
Dear God and Jesus, live in me, and reveal your unity and love for each other in and through me to your children who know You and to all those who have the dignity of being created a little lower than the angels. How precious is every one in Your sight.
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