Courage to act and courage to speak. Radiance that comes from being with Jesus. Obedience. Praise and Prayer and Power. Those marks of the Christian are to be highly appreciated and desired. Here is one more, and it is the most elusive of all.
It comes at the end of Acts 4. “All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had.”
Unity in Christ. You would think it would be so easy, after all we are the Body of Christ, we are all attached to the same Head. But history has given testimony to the fact that Unity is often the one thing missing among us.
Too often we think that uniformity is what God desires, and that is definitely not so. We think everyone should be like us, talk like us, think like us, act like us. And if they don’t, they certainly cannot claim fellowship with Christ.
When we compare ourselves to each other, we get in real trouble. Comparisons always need to be aimed in a different direction, STRAIGHT UP, NOT SIDE TO SIDE. I can always find someone who is worse than me, and ignore those who are better, but when I compare myself with my Master and see how far I have to go, then I realize I don’t have the time to be condemning others for their walk. I’ve got too much to do about me!
