Unless things are built on God’s Word, His order and His plan, and we get God’s mind and thoughts on issues of the day and times, things will not change - we must get His mind and thoughts on these matters, then we can move to make change and we must be in unity of the faith - one mind, one heart and purpose. With all the things that are happening at the moment that are not of God, we must stand up and say something. If things get passed in our Governments that are not God's plan and purpose, we must keep on addressing the issues again and again, and pray for our leaders, and keep on standing for righteousness and justice in our beloved land Australia and the world and never give up. We must search and stand for truth. Certainly first and foremost we must pray and ask God about these issues, as we do not fight against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers and wicked things in high places. We can then pull them down in worship and prayer and ask God to make a way for us. Then we can say to God - we stood up about this issue or that issue and if they did not listen, the blood is not on our hands but on their hands, at least we stood and said no to whatever the issue might be.
There will be so many things the Lord puts on our hearts to stand together in the unity of the faith - not all faiths, but the faith of Jesus Christ. Then to make a stand for and say "you will not be doing that or allowing this to happen on our watch!" When we can stand in unity of the faith together as Christ’s saints, we will be able to change the circumstances and outcomes of what happens for the present and future.
Here is an example of being in unity and purpose and the power of this that I found very interesting- In Genesis 11: 1-5, this part of scripture was talking about the city of Babel and how they were successful because they had a common purpose and a common language. When people come together and have a common purpose, and if a group of people have the same unity, mind and heart, they can do any thing - the sky's the limit. Genesis 11:6 - “ And the Lord said, "Indeed the people are one, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: now nothing that they purpose to do will be withheld from them." This is an amazing statement made by God, acknowledging that with unity of purpose and language, mankind can achieve anything. God Almighty said this Himself. When people come together and have a common purpose and language, mankind can achieve anything. Unfortunately they wanted to be independent from God and go to the heavens themselves, so in this case God stopped their plan. Independence and going our own way is our enemy. God’s order is essential and being devoted to one another in love purpose and unity of the faith. So whether it be in the church or the world, it just goes to show that if a group of people have the same unity, mind and heart they can achieve anything. When the saints of God though have the same heart and mind towards God’s plan, then you will be powerful indeed, as you have God Almighty backing you. How cool is God.
So to have unity of the faith, we must unite together always and build on the right foundations, whose builder and maker is God Almighty, and what His plan and thoughts are, otherwise we labor in vain, but by faith and hoping towards a future that is unseen right now to a "A Heavenly Kingdom" which is to come, and is outworking in us in unity of the faith, doing things that are on God’s heart on the earth now, together as one. We must earnestly never loose hope of the true gospel, no matter what happens to us or how hard it get’s to stand for truth, and seek it out and not compromise or allow it to be watered down and continue to make a stand for righteousness and justice. Hebrews 11:10 - for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Jesus had 12 and look what they did in unity of the faith in Christ Jesus - they turned the world, cities, communities, traditions of man, cultures upside down. So what I am saying is - if man kind can do what they do in unity, then imagine what We, the Body of Christ, can do when we are in unity of the faith. Not unity of faiths but “Unity of The Faith”, that is on the right foundations of God’s commands and blood covenant. Then we can turn the world upside down the way Jesus would want it. Ephesians 4:13 - till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Lets turn the world upside down in His unity of plan and purpose. His mind and heart as the one new man in Christ Jesus. Go saints of God!
With love, unity and courage.
