Perfected in unity:  

 

John 17:23

23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.

  

            Perfection only comes through unity. That is the way the Church will be perfected. We seek the best for all, not just for ourselves. It’s through this unity that the world will know that the Church is what He said it would be. They will know that it is the true reality they’ve been searching for all their lives. They will believe that He really is who He says He is. Only God could bring about this kind of unity among mankind. It couldn’t happen by man’s doing. This unity is what it’s all about.

 

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "You are nothing when you work separately. But if you work together in unity, you are stronger than anything that can come against you. The world has never seen a people work together like I would have you to do. They have only seen bickering and selfishness. When you work together for My Kingdom, the unity you display will amaze those around you. They will know that it has to be from Me, for no other way could it be done. Apart from Me you are nothing. Apart from each other you can do nothing. I have planned it that way so that you would have to accept one another and to love one another. You are strong in Me, and when others see that they will want to join you. No one likes to be a part of something that is divisive. They want to be a part of something that is unified … that works together for the common good. You can bring many people to Me by working together in My love. Then people will know that I am in your midst when you work together for each other’s good and for My Kingdom’s good.”

 

            82. I and my fellow believers will be perfected in unity.