Day 20 Devotion
Day 20
UNITY – WHERE THE BLESSING RESIDES
By Linda Dieter
Psalm 133:1 “Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together…”
This is a truth we truly need to grasp in these days. It is not just outwardly agreeing, but must come from deep within. Unity will shield us from the attempts of our adversary to “divide and conquer.” I have discovered a beautiful Scripture that gives us a picture of what this type of unity is within our leadership in the body of Christ.
Colossians 2:5 (Amplified) “For though I am away from you in body I am with you in Spirit, delighted at the sight of your (standing shoulder to shoulder in such) orderly array and the firmness and solid front and steadfastness of your faith in Christ (that leaning of the entire human personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom and goodness).”
In the days of the Roman army, their greatest protection was the formation they stood in—-shoulder to shoulder, like a fortress, each linked to the next, impenetrable. No space was left open for the enemy to get at their backs.
As the leaders in the body of Christ stand shoulder to shoulder, they will protect one another and be a protection to that body of Christ they are watching over. What if the body caught that vision and learned to stand in this kind of unity themselves?
“United we stand, divided we fall.”
