Dailies~ In His Word
April 2, 2019
My church is better than your church! Sometimes it seems like we are little
children bragging about our dads when we get all prideful about our churches.
We are one body, one family of God in many houses of worship; we need to
remember to act like we are one family.
As a young child my friends and I would have an argument
over something and my friend would say “My brothers going to beat you up!” The
argument would go on to my brother would beat her brother, and then up to our
dads, and my dad was always the winner case he was taller and had been a
marine! The funny thing is none of it would ever really happen because the
arguments would subside as soon as the ice cream man came down the street, or
one of our parents would offer us a drink of water or a run through the
sprinkler. Then we were best friends again.
As Christians in the family of God, we need to remember
that this life is too short to argue over who said what, or where so and so
goes to church or doesn’t. We need to be like-minded in service to Christ and
His goal for us; we need to not get caught up in the cares of the world and getting
our noses bent out of shape. God brings us to the church that needs us or that
we need, if we truly are following His direction then each time we chose to
leave one church for another it should be because it is God’s needs or desires
that will be met. I have some friends who moved to another church once that
after a visit I found out the Pastors had been praying for strong Christians to
join the congregation of babes in the Lord. Sometimes we just have to spend
time with other members of the Family and help out.
We are after all a large family, many churches with a
common goal; to seek and to save the lost, to feed the sheep, and to care for
the sheep. It’s all God!
Now may the God
of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another,
according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15:5-6
Lets challenge
ourselves to be kindred spirits with one another, like-minded as to reaching one
goal, in Jesus’ name!
Heavenly Father,
thank you for the challenge You have given us to get along, help us to make
things right and keep in one mind with You, In Jesus’ name, amen.
Teresa M. Wilson