United in Separation

I start every morning with coffee with God through daily devotions from Our Daily Bread. Today’s devotion is titled “United in Separation.” Leslie Koh wrote this devotion. The scripture reading is from Genesis 13:1–9 with the key verse, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me . . . for we are close relatives,” Genesis 13:8. My beloved children, grandchildren, cousins, nephews, brothers, and sisters in Christ, all I write, I first pray to God to guide my words to serve as spiritual food and guidance. I desire God to be my sole source of writing. All the credit goes to God, not me. I am his humble servant. I thank God that He led to use Our Daily Bread Ministries as my inspiration for comments.

I am married for 34 years. One thing I learned in marriage does not mean you will agree on every issue. Each person has different talents and viewpoints. It is okay if you and your wife have vastly different ideas about how to go about things.

Abraham and Lot were a family, but they could no longer live with each other. Each of us is uniquely made and have different talents, but we can still serve The Lord. We find that we sometimes work better separately to achieve the same goal. There is unity in diversity. We may never forget that we are still brothers and sisters in the family of God. We may do things differently but remain united in The Lord’s purpose.

Reflect:

How can humility help in a “harmonious separation”? How can you remain united in purpose even when you disagree with someone on a disputable matter? (Romans 14:1–10).

Prayer:

God, help us work together with others in unity and help us discern when it’s best to serve separately.

My Prayer for You:

May God bless and help you to discern when it’s best to serve separately.

Our Daily bread Ministries (2020/07/12) United in Separation, Leslie Koh, retrieved from www.odb.org 12/07/2020 United in Separation.