Blessed Unity
| A song of ascents. Of David. 1 How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity! 2 It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down on the collar of his robe. 3 It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore. (Psalms133:1-3) |
I am a bi-vocational minister working as a headmistress at a school. I would like to share an example of how we try and establish this "Blessed unity" amongst staff at the College in our morning devotions. We take it in turns to lead with specific topics that God has put on our heart for that week and end on Friday with praise and worship. We are a diverse bunch of people, united in Christ coming from different denominations, races, tribes and cultures, speaking different languages, but sharing a common goal, of praising our Lord every morning. Although a small percentage of the whole, we pray for unity of purpose within our community. We have been together for seven years now and continue to grow in our faith, maturity and knowledge. It also helps us to understand each other and the different perspectives and world views from which we come which in turn enhances our unity and love for each other. These morning devotions have such an effect on the participants that it is the activity that they miss most when they move on to another place.
Therefore, I would suggest that it is here, in these staff morning devotions and in these "Month of Missions Daily Devotions" that the Lord bestows his blessing,even life forevermore.
A prayer for Church unity written by Queen Salote of Tonga:
God our Heavenly Father, we draw near to thee with thankful hearts because of all thy great love for us. We thank thee most of all for the gift of thy dear Son, in whom alone, we may be one. We are different from one another in race and language, in material things, in gifts, in opportunities, but each of us has a human heart, knowing joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain. We are one in thy need of thy forgiveness, thy strength, thy love, make us one in our common response to thee, that bound by a common love and freed from selfish aims, we may work for the good of all and the advancement of thy Kingdom.
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Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ from Pastor Fiona Benzon who is married to John with two grown up sons, Alasdair and Tristan and a beautiful daughter-in-law, Jess. I serve in the Presbytery of Zimbabwe doing my probation at Mabvuku Presbyterian Church. Also, I am in the bi-vocational ministry in that I have the privilege of also serving our Lord as Headmistress of a private educational College known as Watershed College.
