Lead A
Life Worthy Of The Calling
To Which You Have Been Called
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beg you to lead a life
worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and
gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every
effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one
body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling,
one Lord, on faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and
through all and in all.
But each of us was given grace according to the measure of
Christs gift.
Ephesians 4:1-7
Have you ever worked at a job where you felt a strong bond with
your co-workers? The more points of agreement among members of a group, the
more they will be unified, the better they will perform, and the less likely
they will be to fight among themselves. As Christians, we have a whole series
of things that unify us. For instance:
One body we are a single family of faith unified for one
purpose;
One Spirit we all have the Spirit as our power source;
One hope we all look forward to the same future;
One Lord we all trust the same God, who is in charge;
One faith we all trust the sacrifice of Jesus for our
salvation;
One baptism we all have a single identity;
One God and Father we all share the same source of our
existence.
Followers of Christ should focus on what
unites them;
not on what divides them.
Our Daily Bread