A reminder for
today
Neither pray I for
these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That
they all may be one; as thou, Father, art
in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given
them; that they may be one, even as we are one. (John 17:20-22)
It rained yesterday and today the temperatures dropped and
they will drop a little more in the days to come. I am not a huge fan of “cold”
so I look like an Eskimo early in the morning when I am on my way to the gym.
Layers, I tell you layers. I have layers – hahaha.
Jesus prayed just before He was arrested. In this prayer He
said a few things that brought me back to my chat with a fellow South African
on twitter yesterday. It was quickly clear in our conversation that people make
up their own preconceptions of other. Now one of our biggest struggles seems to
be race and cultural differences, but in mere moments we seemed to have found a
common ground.
Once the presumptions were out of the way and we could talk on a
clear platform we seemed to have the same type of issues. Now South Africa is a
country build on many rights and many wrongs and in both all of us played a
role. But that is in the past. If we cannot learn from our past and move forward,
we will never be able to rebuild this amazing country.
It is man’s self that is the biggest stumble block. We struggle
because both sides are to hard headed to stand together and the first thing
that happens is that blame goes to the mistakes made in past. Yes, there were
mistakes, but there was also good. It is typical of worldly orientated people
to look at mistakes and mis the good. We all do it from time to time, but when
we are renewed by Jesus we should not seek to see the bad what strive to see the
good in all.
The weirdest part is that many of these people are supposed
to be Christians. So, why can’t we work together. It is simply the worldly
aspect that over shadows God in our lives. I have made it a point in my life to
seek and to see the good in people. I look past your race, gender, culture or beliefs
and I look to see the good in you. Then I start to look at the rest. Yes, I believe
we can solve all this on a common ground that we can all agree on. But this
will mean that all parties will have to give and allow and submit a little. Will
that ever happen, I believe it can, but it will mean that people will have to
set aside their self and listen and return to God.
Jesus prayed here for the people that will become believers
by the work the disciples will do. Jesus said that they may be one as He is one
with the Father and the Father with Him. Jesus said it and He prayed for it. Why
are we Christians divided, because our hearts are in the wrong place. We worship
the wrong god. It is about us and not God. For as long as the so-called
Christians will continue in their wrong ways, this world will not change. It starts
with you and me. If we change and we can touch a heart around us and change
them, we can change all. This fight is on your knees. Pray for all of us as I am
praying for you.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers