How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity. – Psalm 133:1
There are approximately 700,000 total knee replacements in the U.S. each year and roughly 400,000 total hip replacements per year. Medical advancements over time have been remarkable, and today there are total joint replacements being performed on an outpatient basis, so patients return home on the same day of the surgery.
In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul speaks of believers being members of one body, where some are hands, others are feet. Each part of the body is just as important as another, and the weaker ones are often supported by those which are stronger. Yet all are useful. How is it then, that many who claim to follow Christ are at odds with others who love the Lord but are of different political or social persuasion? Are they seen as “joints” that should be replaced? God wants no division in the body of Christ, but that all should care for one another. That is why the psalmist could say in today’s verse that it is “good and pleasant” when unity is practiced.
Be an effective “joint” in Christ’s body today. Stay “lubricated” in God’s love, in reading His Word, and in your prayer life. As you see other parts of the body suffer, comfort and encourage them; and when other members are honored, rejoice with them. Pray for the believers in government to find unity in their common love and devotion to the Savior.
Today’s Verse: Psalm 133:1
Behold, how good and pleasant it is
when brothers dwell in unity!
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: 1 Corinthians 12:21-26
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
