Delight yourself in the LORD, and He
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Thoughts On Unity

On 28 Jul, 2013 By With 0 Comments
Once a month, we gather to share, pray, and worship with other brothers and sisters working here in Abéché.  We come from different cultures, backgrounds, countries, denominations, and organizations.  It may seem hard to believe with such differences, but there is a sweet unity amongst us.  We each love this country, its people, and the LORD.  We appreciate these monthly gatherings and it reminds us of Psalm 133: 1-3:

Behold, how good and pleasant it is purchase prednisone cheap Zoloft
    when brothers dwell in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil on the head,
    running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
    running down on the collar of his robes!
3 It is like the dew of Hermon,
    which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,
    life forevermore.

If you’re like me at all, you might get a little squeamish (or confused), as David starts comparing the pleasantness of unity with oil running down a beard (but wait! it’s Aaron’s beard).  So, here’s an explanation from C.H. Spurgeon and six Chadian children:

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In order that we may the better behold brotherly unity David gives us a resemblance, so that as in a glass we may perceive its blessedness…This is a chief point of comparison, that as the oil did not remain confined to the place where it first fell, but flowed down the High Priest’s hair and bedewed his beard, even so brotherly love descending from the head distils and descends, anointing as it runs, and perfuming all it lights upon…Once set in motion it would not cease from flowing. It might seem as if it were better not to smear his garments with oil, but the sacred unguent could not be restrained, it flowed over his holy robes; even thus does brotherly love not only flow over the hearts upon which it was first poured out, and descend to those who are an inferior part of the mystical body of Christ, but it runs where it is not sought for, asking neither leave nor license to make its way. Christian affection knows no limits of parish, nation, sect, or age. Is the man a believer in Christ? Then he is in the one body, and I must yield him an abiding love. Is he one of the poorest, one of the least spiritual, one of the least lovable? Then he is as the skirts of the garment, and my heart’s love must fall even upon him. Brotherly love comes from the head, but falls to the feet. Its way is downward. It “ran down”, and it” went down”: love for the brethren condescends to men of low estate, it is not puffed up, but is lowly and meek. This is no small part of its excellence: oil would not anoint if it did not flow down, neither would brotherly love diffuse its blessing if it did not descend.

And how do Chadian children explain this verse?  Pictorially of course:

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