Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. – Acts 2:44-45

I have always wondered how cool it would be to see a truly united church.  I’ve seen a handful of united congregations do some pretty great things, but only within the context of their own church name.  I’ve never seen, at least with my own eyes, people in one church come together to help people in other churches.  If we all lived like these two verses, we would see it often, and the lost people on the outside looking in would be amazed.

Once, I “borrowed” a musician from another church.  He wasn’t playing that Sunday, so he was more than willing.  Everything worked out great . . . or so I thought.  I quickly got a call that evening letting me know that I needed to find my own musicians and leave theirs alone.  My only thought was that I wouldn’t mind if they used our church’s musicians . . . I didn’t think they’d mind if I used theirs.  I was wrong.

This week, I saw a newly transformed believer in great need.  It was a financial need that I couldn’t meet on my own, or I would have.  I made an inquiry on their behalf.  I saw people who represented several different church congregations come together and meet the need.  Immediately, I thought of Acts 2 when this used to happen often.  I’ve been injected with the thought that this could be the start of something amazing within the church as a whole.

What would it look like if all the church congregations in Oconee County were truly one?  No selfish motivations.  No building up of just our own church name.  I really want to see it before the Lord comes back.

I think He does too.

Lord, I’ve never been injected with more hope because of what I just saw.  Help us, Your people, to truly become united as one.  How can we treat others like we’d want to be treated if we can’t even do it cross denominationally?  My prayer is for an answer to Your prayer in John 17:21:  that they may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.  Amen!