Tonight Jim spoke about unity, using a clever clip from Remember the Titans. Just take a second to think about the impact a group of truly united believers could make on this campus. What does it even mean for a group of people to be united? I personally think it means for the group to have a single goal in mind and work as a unit to achieve this goal. So how do we begin and continue to work towards a single goal?
Just as Jim said tonight, it is only through Christ, change that, in Christ that we can truly be united. The reason I choose to say in Christ instead of through Christ, is because I think that gives us a better picture of the steps we must take. To be in Christ requires us to get rid of our walls or whatever may be blocking us, and to step into his love. It makes me think of the video game Gallaga, where that one spaceship comes and sends out those beams and if you go in them, then you get sucked up to the spaceship and your given a new life! (I hope ya'll have played that game before) But I think that is a great example of how we step into the love of Christ and the life of Christ, and through that can become united.
I also think its important to mention the fact that it is only through God, who is powerful and majestic, that a group of people could work together anyways. If you have a group of people without Christ working together for a single cause, good luck! People are too wrapped up in their own well being, and too interested in finding faults in others. ( I am very guilty of this a lot). And all that ends up leading to is a whole lot of whining. But when you have a group filled with and living in Christ, each member is willing and does there part, and more whenever needed. People aren't looking for faults in others, but more of looking at themselves and making sure they are giving their best. This makes me think of the rest of the movie. As most of you know, the Titans quickly began to bond, they began to work as a unit and look out for the team above themselves. And where did that lead? Well I hate to ruin the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it but to the state championship, where they won.
Anyways, Let us know what you think about unity. How do you think we can become more united? How do we work to unite the believers on our campus? And how does this begin to affect our community?
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One of the things I don't think I really emphasized Tues. night is how miraculous (a work of God) unity is. If you think about the Titans, how they came together was miraculous whether or not they would give credit to God. Same goes for the early Christians--Jews, Gentiles, Roman soldiers, masters and slaves--all together as followers of Jesus, loving and serving one another. It can't come from solely from our own effort. But we do have to make our hearts open to God working through us in order for true unity to take place.
ReplyDeletei have to say i'm excited about this series. one of the things i've been learning and reading about recently is community, and i don't think we talk about it nearly enough in christian circles. it seems christianity in america and in a lot of the world has become a weekly meeting with reminders to do your "quiet time".
ReplyDeletei'm not trying to say this is not important, but when i read the new testament, i see very little about doing your daily "quiet time" (the most prominent in my mind is Jesus telling us that when we pray we should hide away somewhere alone, not out on the street corner trying to show off). what i do see is community. i see a group of people that were a part of something. that came together not once a week, but all the time. they ate together, they took care of each other, the "held every-thing in common" according to acts.
how did we get from holding everything in common to focusing exclusively on our "personal relationship with Jesus Christ"? and more importantly, how do we get back to holding everything in common?