Connections – Fellowship and Unity in Christ
Yesterday, I was blessed to have the opportunity to visit my oldest son, Kris. He and his wife, Amanda, reside in the Greater Toronto area and work for a major Christian denomination, which requires them to travel frequently (both nationally and internationally).
He was out here for a conference, and we were able to coordinate a couple of hours together before his return flight. It’s a little more than a two-hour, fifteen-minute drive from here to the airport, so it meant an early morning for me.
We met at the Flying Beaver Bar and Grill. Located in Richmond, the Beaver lets you sit and watch the arrival & departure of the Harbour Air seaplanes on the Middle Arm of the Fraser River. It was a nice spot with great views.
Over breakfast and coffee, we caught up on our respective lives and families, the ways we were seeing God at work, and what He was teaching us. All too soon, it was over. Kris headed to catch his flight, and I drove home.
The driving took far longer than the visit lasted, but it was a blessing.
It’s a blessing when family or dear friends can get together even after extended periods apart and pick up where they left off.
It’s a blessing that Christians can have even when meeting one another for the first time. The same Lord who saved you saved them. The same Spirit that dwells in you dwells in them. We are linked together for eternity to come.
What we share is greater than anything that might try to divide us. Nothing can take our connection from Him and one another apart from us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35-39 ESV
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. John 10:28 ESV
Closer than family. Tied with unbreakable cords. Designed for a purpose. What an incredible thought.
We are connected forever. It’s time to put away petty differences and learn to be the unified hands and feet of Christ we are meant to be.
We need to be ambassadors of peace and reconciliation in His name, inside and outside the church.
Just as the brunch yesterday was worth the drive, so will our efforts towards true unity be. Let’s strive to make the effort.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed,
Kevin