There’s
power in unity. The devil knows that. That’s why he’s continually
fighting it. He takes the differences between us, differences God put
there to make us stronger, and tries to use them as a wedge to drive us
apart.
Take men and
women, for example. He’s deceived us into fighting about which one is
superior to the other. But I can settle that argument right now. Women
are superior to men. If you don’t believe that, you boys try having a
baby. But then, men are superior to women. If you don’t believe that,
you women try having one without us.
It’s the differences combined that make us strong!
People
have even argued about whether God is male or female. But the Bible
itself tells us that. He’s both! That’s right. In the Hebrew language,
all words have gender. They’re either male or female. But the Hebrew
word Jehovah is both masculine and feminine. He’s as much female as He is male and as much male as He is female.
Originally,
mankind was that way too. When God first made “man,” he was as much
female as he was male. Then God separated the female part out and made
“wo-man” or, “the man with the womb.” After that, man and woman had to
come together to be perfectly whole.
That’s still true today. For
example, when He puts together husband and wife teams, He often puts
people together who have major personality differences. Where one is
weak, the other is strong, and vice versa. So, when they become one,
they’re more powerful than they ever were apart.
There was a time
when I didn’t understand that. I got aggravated with God for calling me a
wife who didn’t care for so many things that I liked. But I finally
realized God knew what He was doing. If He’d given me a woman who was as
nuts about flying as I am, we would have spent the rest of our lives in
the clouds. We wouldn’t be preaching the Word. We’d be in some silly
air show flying upside down. “The Copeland Team!” or something.
Do
you have people in your life who are irritatingly different from you?
Don’t let the devil use those differences to drive you apart. Thank God
for them! Let Him teach you how to appreciate them. Let Him show you
just how powerful you can be...together!
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