The other day I was at a coffee
shop with a lovely kiddies play area. My two sons were playing
while I was keeping an eye on them. I noticed then that my two year
old went over to one of the other kids playing there. He gently
took him by the hand and he played with him. They were
communicating with one another in a manner that only they
understood. Later I heard the mother speaking to the child and I
couldn't understand a word. I suspect it was Portuguese. But this
didn't matter to my son, he didn't care that the boy was of a
different culture and he didn't care that they didn't speak the
same language. They understood one another.
This made me think. We can learn so
much from the kids, no wonder Jesus said that the Kingdom of Heaven
belonged to them! I realized that we are supposed to be the same as
them. We are part of the body of believers and we all have the same
Holy Spirit inside each of us. We are supposed to easily transcend
culture differences, language barriers and age barriers. We are all
the same. We are supposed to work together well and we are supposed
to build up His Body here on earth. But alas, we find it very
difficult it would seem. Look at all the different churches we
have!
Another thing that I have found in
my own life, is that except for cultural barriers etc, I have also
found believers in the body of Christ being jealous of one another.
I have stopped for a while to tell people what the Lord is doing in
my life, because I get jealous reactions. Like people would say
something to the effect of "Well the Lord works in my life as well
you know" or "He talks to me too, not just to you". Of course He
does and I am so happy about it! But people tend to be jealous and
compare themselves spiritually to one another. That is really sad.
Because in God's eyes we are all equal, He doesn't have favorites.
He needs everyone to operate in their place in the body of Christ,
otherwise it cannot function so well. He needs every single one of
us. And to top it all, He wants to talk to every one of
us, the question is just this; do you stop to listen? Or do you run
around in such a frenzy that you miss the soft Voice of the Lord in
the quiet times. Don't be jealous of other people's spiritual
journey and point fingers to them. Make time with the Lord and get
started on your own journey. You will experience how exciting it
is!
Next time when you have time, watch
kids at play. They are not jealous and they don't see any
difference in the kid next to them. They don't even notice
disabilities. They handle all children the same and they
communicate in a way that is special to see. Shouldn't we learn
from them?
Lord, please help us in our walk
with You. Please walk in front and lead us to better lives. Forgive
us if we are not one in Spirit and help us to be. In Jesus Name
Amen