At This Table..

Southeast Christian Church

Nov 27, 2020

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are in perfect unity in their mission. They’re always at work, reconciling God’s people back to himself. As the people of God, united with the Trinity, we get to join the mission. This means that when we see injustice, we rise up to bring justice. When we see people marginalized or mistreated, we unite together to do all that we can to bring hope and healing. We won’t stand to see people hurting and broken because we know that we can bring them exactly what they need by the power of the Holy Spirit working through us.

At our unified table, we have access to accountability and help. We have people who will point us back to Jesus when we stray away and we have help when we fall down. We go to battle with and for one another in prayer. We engage in the spiritual battle as a united army fighting for the winning side.

At the table of God, everyone is needed, everyone belongs, everyone matters, and it’s all about Jesus. We aren’t united for the sake of being united, we are united to do the work of God here on earth. As a united front, we bring love, hope, healing, restoration, redemption, forgiveness, reconciliation, and freedom. We cannot stand by in indifference and watch God’s creation suffer. We use our gifts and the ways God has wired us differently and meet each broken person with exactly what they need. This is what we were made to do. This is who we were made to be. Jesus prayed for complete unity so that the world would see the real Jesus through the way that we live. Instead of living a “just me and Jesus life” we are called to live so intertwined with one another that it’s hard to tell where one of us ends and the other begins. We were made for more than the life we are settling for and the world is suffering because of it. What will you do to fight for unity?

Reflection/Discussion Question: What will you do to fight for the kind of unity we were made for?

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