Family Unity

Family Unity

I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

John 17:23

God aims at the perfect completion of all His work in all His people. As we continue to consider the privileges and benefits of adoption we come to consider the total unity of the Church of Jesus Christ, that is, all of the redeemed of all ages. Christ was keenly aware, and wholly committed to this concept of the unity of the people of God when He uttered these words during His ‘High Priestly Prayer,’ on the night before He went to the cross. He said, ‘I in them, and you in Me that they may be perfect in one….’ God intends to unify His Family. Unpleasantly, we do not see that unity on display today, nor have we seen it at any time during the history of the church thus far. What will ultimately effect the unity of the Family of God, which He so much desires? Christ indicates the answer in His preceding remark. ‘I in them, and You in Me, that they may be brought to complete unity.’ It is Christ who truly unifies the Family of God.  We see, today a church divided by many things, forms, ceremonies, interpretations, personalities and practices. Who is the One Person Who can bring all these people together? Christ both can and will unify His people. Christ is overwhelmingly committed to Family Unity. In that purpose He is utterly at One with His Father, and the Holy Spirit. They will finish what they have started, and the Father will answer the prayer of the Son, ‘that they may be made perfect in one.’

Our Gracious and Loving Father,
we rejoice that You are wholly committed to all of Your Ransomed people.
We praise You that You will bring them all savingly unto Christ,
and unify them in Him.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning