At pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured in such a powerful way that it gave birth to the church. And every other time the Holy Spirit fell on them or falls on us (the church) there is alway something big happening. Something is always born. One other such times was at Antioch where the disciples were first called Christians, ‘Little-Christs”.
Yet the context of all these outpouring was the church gathered in unity. Every tongue, tribe and nation, women and men and every race. The church was devoted to, given to, committed to, doing everything possible to united. Every tongue, tribe, nation and race. This is the context in which the Holy Spirit is poured out in such power.
In days where division is rife ethnic and racial division is rife, will and the church today choose to do everything it takes? Where the silent and unbothered speak out for the weak, where the powerful step back and speak welcome. Will we do all it takes to see our churches together gathered every tongue, tribe, nation and race as one.
So much so that our own will think of us as sell outs and any other people will be unable to identify with us but what they will say is common is that we are Jesus in us and the Holy Spirit on us. Enjoying the joy that diversity brings and sitting through the tensions that come with it faithfully.
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