Make us one #5

1 How wonderful and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!
2 For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil
that was poured over Aaron's head,
that ran down his beard
and onto the border of his robe.
3 Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon
that falls on the mountains of Zion.
And there the Lord has pronounced his blessing,
even life everlasting.

Elisa Johnston's thoughts:

This short psalm is totally about the coolness factor in being "one." I realize currently its hard for us to see beauty in oil running down facial hair and saturating clothing, let alone as a good analogy to make our hearts excited about being in unity. But the point is that harmony is awesome and peaceful. It is precious, not just a commodity and doesn't happen all the time. So much so that its refreshing, a breath of fresh air in our culture. Thanks to Jesus we also have life in Hevean with Him forever. Because of what Jesus has done for us let us not take lightly the other blessing He gives and challenges us to take up, the wonderful blessing of of "one."

Prayer:

God, help us to see the way you see unity. Help us to really get how beautiful it is, and how our oneness reflects your beauty to the world. Help us to not take lightly how much you have blessed us with Jesus, and through Him you gave us the gift of unity. I pray that you'll help J10 to be an example of harmony to our area. I pray that you'll help the people in our local community to also see how awesome it is that we can be one: with the same purpose, vision, acceptance and love for each other. Help us to be one and help other to see how cool you are because of us being one. Amen.