Separation and Segregation

All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.  – Psalm 86:9

What do the words separated and segregated bring to your mind? You don’t have to look far today to see divided communities and nations at war. Unity is illusive across human history. Yet, there is a glimpse of the future that might encourage you in the book of Revelation: “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ “ (Revelation 7: 9-10). 

Do you notice identity is not dissolved before God’s throne? Individual people groups and nations are recognized yet unity exists! The resurrection of Christ made a unifying identity possible, one that supersedes, but does not destroy, all other distinctions, “as the truth is in Jesus, put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life… to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4: 22-24). Worshipers of God find oneness in Christ. 

Can you see yourself as part of the diverse throng surrounding God’s throne? You can experience harmony in worship with other believers today! Pray for churches in the United States to work towards godly harmony amongst those who claim the saving name of Jesus Christ. Ask that those in political authority would unite their hearts with the Lord as well.