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Become Comfortable With Diversity!

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
1 Corinthians 9:22

It is a mistake to think your way is the only way! Paul wrote: 'I try to find common ground with everyone...that I might bring them to Christ.' You must learn to become more comfortable with diversity. After all, staying healthy means eating a varied diet; you would be foolish to eat just one food group, right?

When people feel that you respect them for who they are, you are more effective at influencing them and helping them to change. The Bible says, 'In Christ's family...you are all equal...in a common relationship with Jesus' (Galatians 3:28). Just think, when the saints of the ages gather round God's throne to praise Him, they will not only be from different continents and cultures, but different eras; some from the early church and some from the space age, all worshipping together. What a concert! But you will not enjoy it if you are so narrow that you only know one song, because they may not be singing that particular number over there!

Some of God's choicest characters were culturally diverse: like Moses, an Israelite raised in an Egyptian household to increase his understanding and prepare him for his destiny; or Peter, who was prejudiced enough to think that God only used Jews, until God straightened him out saying: '...If God says something is acceptable, do not say it is not' (Acts 10:15). Jesus prayed, 'that they may all be one...that the world may believe' (John 17:21). God knows there is one thing the enemy cannot stand; Christ-centered unity that transcends diversity!

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me accept and rejoice about the diversity within your body of believers so that I can see how marvelously you work. In Jesus’ Name, Amen