This morning I was reading 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 (KJV):

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

I was thinking about the divisions across the body in the form of denominations. I see denominations conducting themselves in the same manner. 'I serve this denomination. I serve that denomination.' We are rarely known as the collective Body of Christ - only labels that we created to assimilate ourselves among other 'like-minded' individuals (i.e. beliefs, standards of dress, worship, etc.).

It shouldn't matter which 'group' I belong to for we are all one in Christ. Sadly, many believers don't act like we are one. Because of my social or cultural background, I would not be welcome in many churches across America - even though we believe Jesus Christ!

Even though unity beyond denominations and other 'discriminators' in the Body of Christ is a 'tall order,' I can't stop trying. The advancement of the Kingdom of God has been forged by those that go against the status quo and face adversity, struggle, and hardships along the way. I can't give up because the path to change isn't smoothly paved. I can't stop caring because others don't. I must continue fight the good fight of faith for the Kingdom of God.