Have you thought about what you have in common with others? Do you look like your Mom or Dad? Do you hang out with friends who like the same things? Do you and your siblings share similar tendencies? Have you thought you have more in common with people than you think?
We have a lot in common with one another. We have the same physical needs. We all need food, water, clothing, and shelter. Emotionally, we all need to feel loved. We are all human and generally have the same physical attributes—arms, legs, hands, feet, torso, and head.
For those of us who follow Jesus Christ, we all have the spirit of faith. Our faith is in Him. The Spirit we received came from God (and is God). We may express our faith in different ways, but our faith is the same. Having the Holy Spirit living in us, we should all agree on who our faith is in—Jesus Christ.
Not only should we agree in our faith, but we should also agree that all of us will be raised just as He was raised. Since we all will live together for eternity, we might want to start learning to live together now. Will it make a difference in eternity? Probably not. However, it will please God to see his followers getting along in agreement in the here and now.
How do we learn to get along? We begin with what we have in common. We remember the physical and emotional needs we have. We remember the similarities of our physical bodies. But most of all, we remember we all have the same Holy Spirit living inside us. God has truly given us amazing blessings and we can show our appreciation to God by living in harmony.
I pray we all recognize the things we have in common. I pray we know we have the same Spirit living within us. I pray each one of us will seek to please God by living in harmony. See the commonalities. Know that God has blessed you. Seek to please God. Live in harmony. You have the same spirit of faith.
2 Corinthians 4:13-14 But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—“I believed, and so I spoke”—we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence.
Marty Pressey 