I WANT TO BE RIGHT

“How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil that was poured over Aaron’s head, that ran down his beard and onto the border of his robe.”

Psalms 133:1-2 NLT

http://bible.com/116/psa.133.1-2.nlt

God tells us how awesome harmony is among brothers. Elsewhere God extols the importance of unity in the church. God strongly values his family being united rather than splintered. I think based on the new testament scripture this is primarily to be a stronger witness to the world. 

I think the biggest impediment here is our insatiable desire to be right. We want to:

Be right

Be commended by others as right

Demonstrate that others are clearly wrong. 

I suspect this is largely about valuing ourselves and feeling good about ourselves. We must be the winner. We are driven by competition as humans. And I count myself in this crowd. 

What would it be like if we had churches where harmony and unity we more valued than being the best and the correct ones. I guess the splintered denominational structure would no longer be needed. I guess we could all go to church in our community church instead of driving 30 minutes to the church that is right. I guess we would each minister to our local communities with a united front across the country. Really I don't know what the church would be like if unity were elevated above being right. But I think it would make the church very different and better. 

Lord I am as competitive as the next guy and I want to be right, but I think I may be damaging the unity of your church in small ways. Help me be a uniter and harmonizer even if that means I am not always seen as right.