Of One Heart and Soul

Today’s Bible Reading:  Exodus 21-22, Psalm 12, Acts 4

Topic: Unity

SCRIPTURE:  Acts 4:31-32

³² Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul…

(Acts 4:31-32 NKJV)

OBSERVATION:

This is a remarkable statement.  The concept of being of one heart and soul is entirely foreign to the American culture.  Oh, there may be a married couple here or there that seem to have achieved that oneness, but a “multitude”—thousands of people experiencing a deep inner oneness with each other—unheard of!  How did these early Christians achieve this?  Was it the commonality of the persecution they faced together?  Perhaps to some degree, but I think the real source of their unity is found in verse 31: 

³¹ And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit!

APPLICATION:

Real unity in the Church may only be realized amongst believers who have genuinely been filled with God’s Holy Spirit.  This I must teach and preach and contend for.  Yet this I can only pray and hope for.

PRAYER:

Lord, send a fresh wind of Your Holy Spirit to Your Church.  Make us willing to receive.

Through Christ.  Amen.  -AP