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Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!Psalm 133:1

Unity results from extreme Devotion to Christ not just from cultivating organizational uniformity

One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.A. W. Tozer -

Living in the outflow of the Trinity

Life springs from the fountainhead of Christ Himself. It is only from Him that we "Live, Move and have our Being"(Acts 17:28) . So life is new life that flows into us from Christ - this very life is the same life that Jesus is living this very moment. This NEW life in us is life eternal coming from the Father, flowing into Christ, it raised Him from the dead and is now flowing into us through the Holy Spirit. None of this could be happening now unless the Father, Son and Holy Spirit offered this life in the unity with which they live. The unity of the Trinity is seen in God's expression of Divine love (John 3:16).

The Fruit of the Devoted

Our response to this eternal flow must be the focus we give to our lives. Paul encourages us to live with minds and hearts concentrated on things above-Col. 3:2, not earthly things. One avenue to accomplish this focus is through an active devotional life founded on a passionate desire for God's Word. Unity, therefore is a fruit of the devotional life focused on Christ who is "above all things" Psalm 138:2.

Seeking First

It was Jesus intent that we live in unity in order to demonstrate the agape love of God. John 17:23b May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. John goes on to say in his epistle that our love needs to be in actions and not just words, 1 John 3. But our love when founded in unity which flows from devotion to Christ is pure love since it comes from the source of agape. So we can cultivate this love in unity as we seek Jesus FIRST, Seek His Kingdom FIRST, Seek His Righteousness FIRST-Then all other things necessary for life will be added.

Stay Tuned

Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers [meeting] together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God. *