What an excellent service!!!
Last night we had our 2nd ONEnight service and it was amazing to see God move over and over again.
There is a pretty obvious question that comes from that sentence. How do you have more than one of a "one night"?
The focus of this service is not about a single night. It is on unity. It is on the idea that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. That we aren't just individuals who believe similar things. For each of our nights, we come together as ONE in worship, fellowship, evangelism, and love.
I do not think I would consider us to be a team. Teams are still based on individuals coming together. Baseball teams are individuals working. They are working at the same time, but they may not be working together. Players can have the goal of winning a game, or boosting their own stats, or earning money, or whatever. That describes something different than what the Body of Christ does. Ultimately, the Body of Christ has one goal. That goal is glorifying our Father.
This kind of unity is more like the "blob". The blob was a part of the old genre of cheesey monster movies (i.e. body snatchers, creature of the black lagoon, dracula, mummy).
The thing with blob was that it was always one body. The blob moved together and it absorbed things. I know that this may be a horrific metaphor. But I can't help but see similarities between the blob and the unity that we should have as Christians. It may be the sci-fi nerd in me.
When something was absorbed by the blob it became the blob. It grew but it was still the blob. As a Christian we are joining and being "absorbed" into a body that continually grows. It isn't a bunch of individuals working together, its deeper than that. It's ONE body working together. It's ONE faith.
Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Count how many times it says "one". Think of how big this body is that you have been absorbed into.
You are not alone.
You belong. You are no longer an individual who is not part of anything. Through Christ Jesus you are now ONE.
And that ONE... is greater than anything you can imagine.
