What Unity Really Requires

This slow walk through Ephesians 4 has been challenging me on multiple levels. The more I sit with these verses, the more I realize how much is being asked of us.

When you really consider what the world might look like if believers truly modeled the first three verses, it almost feels beyond what we have seen.

Yet that is exactly what we are called to.

What stood out to me this week is that the words Paul uses are not passive. They require action. They require intention.

Ephesians 4:3 says, endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

As I studied the meaning of these words, I found myself overwhelmed. It became clear that walking worthy is a mature walk.

We have been called to something higher. We have been called to something pure. We have been called to something holy.

And part of that calling is the responsibility to keep unity.

Unity requires effort. It does not maintain itself. It requires us to be intentional about protecting what the Spirit has already created.

The MacArthur Study Bible describes this unity as a bond, a spiritual cord that binds believers together. And that bond is love.

That led me to Colossians 3:14, which tells us to wrap ourselves in unselfish love, because love is what holds everything together in unity.

Somewhere along the way, things have drifted. But I believe we can return. It will require repentance, honesty, and willingness.

We have to be willing to examine ourselves and the body of Christ, because these are the very attributes that should be seen in us.

As I was teaching, I felt the weight of it deeply. I found myself in tears, praying that we would be willing to return to what truly matters.

That we would live in a way that reflects Christ well.

He’s speaking.

I’m writing—and listening.

The Golden Scribe | MaShani Allen

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