By Bobbie Dicking
Greetings Precious People of God,
To God be all the glory, all the honor, and all of the praise. He is an ever-present help in the time of trouble. He is our comfort and our peace. He is our everything. He is always revealing more of Himself to his beloved people.
Precious ones I am in a group called Anna in honor of the Prophetess in Luke 2:36-38. We get together on the phone every 3rd Fridan and explore Scriptures assigned to us for the year on a particular topic. The topic for 2024 is UNITY. The Scripture we explored recently is Mark 9:38-40. The Word from this verse offered much insight. Let’s explore
MARK 9:38-40 (Easy To Read Version)
Then John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of someone. He is not one of us. So, we told him to stop, because he does not belong to our group. 39)Jesus said, “Don’t stop him Whoever uses my name to do powerful things will not soon say bad things about Me. 40) Whoever is not against us is with us.”
In our study we discovered that Unity is not tied to location, race, nationality, political allegiance, or even church membership. Jesus told John that the person who is not against Him was for Him. He pointed out that a person who had faith in him and dealt successfully in driving demons out in his name was not against him but was on His side.
Precious ones, often the enemy will fashion a lie and bury it in our minds and cause us to believe that someone is against us because they are not with us on issues that are not essential to salvation. This wrong assumption will cause us to fight against someone who is not an enemy.
The saying “Divide and Conquer” works well for Satan. We become busy fighting one another because of erroneously perceived ideas of what constitutes unity. We do not have the discernment required to love one another through the difference. If someone is praying, healing, and delivering, in Jesus’ name that someone is on your side. There is no other side. UNITY IS IN JESUS.
Keep on being blessed to be a blessing, precious ones.