Unity

Tonight as I worshipped with 5 other towns represented, with babies to elderly people alike, the very essence of God was there. I looked at the screen to make sure I knew the words to one song, and as I took a tiny peak at the screen, I could see around me people just worshipping God fully. It was such a beautiful sight.
I think so often we lose sight of who God is. We lose sight of the prize of the high calling. The prize is God. And seeking God is a beautiful thing. Seeking God is a joyous act.Worship. Over and over as I stood praying before the service, I kept hearing God say, "As you pour out your worship at My feet, I will pour into you." As we just pour out our perfume bottles, break them at His feet, He will pour into us. He will love on us.
Not that He isn't already loving on us, but when we come to Him empty, He can fill us. If we have come to Him with full perfume bottles what are we expecting Him to fill? We need to come to Him empty of all the things that might hold us back from experiencing Him. He needs to be constantly on the throne of our hearts.
And all this is somehow tied into unity. When we altogether as one body, put aside ourselves, put aside our selfish ambitions and seek God, and seek the prize of the high calling, when we pour out our perfume bottles before Him and ask Him to fill us, He will, and He will move mightily. God is moved by unity.
John 17:20-26 Jesus is praying for complete unity to let the world know that God sent Jesus and that God has loved us just as God loves Jesus.Unity is so much more than just us each, individually being in tune with God, it's also corporately walking in that relationship with God.