THIS Is Win-Win

 

"Holy Father, keep through Your name 

those whom You have given Me, that

 they may be one as We are."

John 17:11

 

Most young children eventually encounter the

 “heads I win, tails you lose” trick. It’s a lose-lose

 situation, a coin-flip that only benefits one party,

and it’s not them! Eventually, they learn that the 

best kind of negotiation is one which everyone 

benefits: a win-win situation for all.

 

Christ’s final prayer for His followers would result in a win-win

 for all involved. First, He asked the Father to protect His disciples

 from the world which He was about to leave them. He asked that

 they might “be one as We are [one].” Surely, Church unity would 

be a win for believers: peace, harmony, love, and fellowship. But 

secondly, the unity of the Church would be a benefit for the world 

that would be antagonistic toward it. Christ said that through the

 demonstration of their loving unity, the Church would cause the 

world to see the character of the Savior who came to save the 

world—a win-win, for the Church and the world.

 

Do all you can to be part of God’s answer to

  Jesus’ prayer. Do all you can to strengthen

 the unity of the Body of Christ.

 

"Unity is the essence of the body of Christ."

R. B. Kuiper