A Heart for God

There are all kinds of people in the Kingdom of God. We are both united and divided along Various theological interpretations, political viewpoints, ecclesiastical paradigms, geographic, cultural and socio-economic differences. Our vocabulary is filled with labels to identify denominations, churches and believer's affiliations. With such a variety of believers in the Kingdom of God, one has to wonder if there is a constant. A common identifier that crosses all boundaries. As I read the Bible, there seems to be one thing God looks for in all people, whatever their identifier might be. In Luke 16:15 we are told that what elevates people in men's eyes is not what God is concerned with. What concerns God is not the boundaries that separate us from each other, but the one thing that unites us to Him, and thus unites us together. It is an undivided heart for God (Ezek. 11:19; 1 Cor. 7:35). Only then can we truly be His people, and He our God (Jer. 24:7, 31:33). An undivided heart devoted to a singular God is a unifying factor that transcends manmade boundaries (1 Cor. 6:17). We are united to Him and in becoming united to Him we are united together (Jn. 17:23). What pleases God is not the absence of distinction (1 Cor. 14:7), but presence of Unity (Eph. 4:13).