When I say Oneness, as in the Lord our God is One; I mean that intertwining of thoughts that comes through words…sharing minds and ideas… until separate entities(people)come into a state of agreement, encouraged and upheld by love…causing mysteries (at the highest level; of Christ) to be mutually …and reciprocally revealed.
My Oneness with the Lord, who is One, determines the health and extent of my Oneness with Jeanne- whether I’m aware of it or not- and my Oneness with Jeanne sets my Oneness with family and eventually everyone else.
If my Oneness with Jeanne isn’t healthy or complete, then my moral and spiritual authority to govern, lead, impact or in general be in health and prosper in my doings in this life, is to greater or lesser extent, hindered.
The trouble with Oneness though is that it isn’t an automatic intertwining of lives. It’s an intentional weaving of awkward and uncomfortable vulnerabilities, requiring reciprocal…relational…good will. It’s expensive. And it requires constant feeding.
When the work of One gets hard though, it’s evil, and more easily purchased twin of ‘quiet familiarity’ happily steps into the picture. We grow so accustomed to the lesser version that we forget he’s not the real thing. We easily fall into the presumption that Oneness isn’t anything more than just getting along. We settle for less to keep the peace, all the while missing the shalom.
Beyond the irony that Oneness itself often begins with disparity, there’s the point to be made that without Oneness there can be no sustained manifestation of God.
Today; day by day, let the One who lives on the inside of you work himself into every life giving relationship you have. Let Him, in His gentle persistence, knit you together wholly into Holiness, for His name’s sake.