(taken from John 17:20-23)
As JESUS prayed for those of us who have come to believe through the testimony of the Apostles, HE made it clear that the major defining point of our witness is the oneness of the body. What is oneness? What is unity? What does it look like? JESUS gives us an example of perfect unity. “As YOU, FATHER, are in ME, and I in YOU…”
The deep communion, the oneness shared between the FATHER and the SON, is our goal. This unity speaks louder than any teaching, program or ministry. The Body of CHRIST living as they were meant to, as one, is what the people of the DR need to see. It’s what the world needs to see. Koinonea, the Greek word for genuine Christian fellowship, must be a priority of utmost importance.
As we look around us here in the Dominican and read the local newspapers, we come in contact with something interesting. So many secular programs, organizations, and foundations designed to take on this and that. But the problems these groups intend to address go on unchanged. The solution isn’t more programs, more busyness, or more meetings. We as the bride of CHRIST should stand apart. The hustle and bustle of Christian activities, programs, and events is not going to send the powerful message of CHRIST. Where true, intimate love flows (serving one another, carrying each others burdens, being JESUS to our family) people will stop and look. That speaks of something more than human effort. That will speak forth to the world “that YOU have sent ME”.
