Ephesians 4:2 NKJV

with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 4:2 NKJV

One of the powerful ingredient to stay united in the body of Christ is corporately moving forward with the diversity of gifts and talents.

When diversity is united with God's love, it becomes a powerful force of God's movement. Diversity is from God but not division.

Lowliness is humbling ourselves to appreciate one another's giftings, making room for that giftings to grow for the kingdom of God.

When more than two giftings are at work in any situation, there has to be teamwork and adjusting of self to fit into the bigger picture in the light of God.

This is where we must learn to merge our strengths, our weakness and our hearts in planning with all the giftings in the house and not just our own.

It requires longsuffering, bearing with one another and caring for each other in God's pure love.

When we are working together, there will be all kinds of situation that need the grace of God. Each one of us is a grace giver to each other.

That is how Jesus showed us by His life, giving himself up for us all. There will be sacrifices that we will have to make for the building of God's kingdom.

This is not talking about hiding our giftings for others, instead, it is bringing our giftings to be sharpened and strengthened for a greater work.

Many people want unity but they also want it their way. Unity is the willingness to learn to embrace one another and love one another for the sake of the kingdom of God.

God has given us all the grace we need to grow in unity in the body of Christ.

When unity is found in the body between the giftings and the talents of each other, it is a powerful force.

Blessings

Ambrose Francis