Welcome to day 3 of our weekly devotional based on last Sunday’s Sermon

1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

As we saw last Sunday just as our God is holy and He calls us to be holy. He is also One and He calls us to be one. The God of the Bible is a triune God for He exists in perfect community as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Just as God is unified in nature, He calls His church to reflect that same unity.

Though we are many members with different gifts, backgrounds, and roles, we are one body in Christ. Our unity is not about being the same, but about being joined together in our shared identity in Jesus. It also means that each member is called to fulfill specific functions within the body in accordance with God’s multiform grace. As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 12:21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” This right here is a picture of interdependence, we are to rely on one another.

Just as holiness is part of God’s DNA and is reflected in us, so is unity. When we walk in unity, we display the very nature of God to the world. Jesus prayed for this in John 17:21, saying, “that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” This means that when we are united as God’s children that unity will become a visible testimony to this world of God’s love and power.

Today, pray for unity in your local church and the global Church. If there are divisions or conflicts in your relationships with other believers, take steps towards reconciliation. Remember, our unity is not based on uniformity, but on our shared identity in Christ.