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Psalm 133:1
How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.
(And sisters too.)
This is another Psalm to learn off by heart. You can, too – it’s only 3 verses long.
This Psalm is far reaching in its concepts. What David is talking about here is not some vague utopia. He is not talking about an impossibility. He is not talking about brothers agreeing on every issue but being in unity.
How could he? We all know the Jewish cliché – Two Jews Three Opinions. God has never expected us to agree on every minute detail because He has made us as diverse as snowflakes.
That’s where Christian heaven-ordained marriage is different. We try and get two people with the most similarities to live together whereas God brings together people who are often quite different in many ways and makes them one. Each complements the other – one’s strength compensates for the other’s weakness.
When they are in unity – they are rock solid and indefatigable. God blesses that union and it can far more easily withstand the trials and pressures of life since when one is ‘down’, invariably the other one is ‘up’. They can hold hands and help each other through.
Have you also noticed that you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family (natural or in-laws). Neither can you choose your brothers and sisters ‘in Christ’. God invariably brings people across our path and into our lives that ‘challenge our equilibrium’. It’s His way of increasing our levels of grace towards others and helping our characters to become more like that of Jesus. Jesus prayed that we might become “one as WE are One” (John 17:22). He knew the Scriptures. He also knew the power of unity because He is part of the greatest Unity of all, known as the Trinity.
The unity that David, Jesus and indeed Paul talked about is spiritual rather than physical. We may disagree on non-essentials but on the essentials, there is to be no variation. More than that, there is to be mutual agreement, trust, loyalty, encouragement and agape love.
One of the most exciting experiences I have had was the introduction to the church of the Alpha Course. The Lord brought a team together ‘from nowhere’ and we had 50 people in the team about as diverse as you could imagine – but what a phenomenal privilege it was to be part of that team. There we were, 50 unique people, of different personalities, different ages and different cultures and ethnic groups – in unity – with one vision – to reach unchurched people with the love of Jesus so that they get to know Him and the joy, peace and purpose He gives. It was dynamic. And guess what? We saw some totally and radically transformed lives because of it.
The Psalm ends, “For there the Lord bestows His blessing, even life forevermore.”
The King James version said, “There the Lord commands His blessings.”
God gets so excited He pours out His blessing.
It is what Jesus envisioned and prayed for in John 17.
Oh, that we might see more of it today.
It takes humility, work and determination.
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