Peaceful Sons

Jealousy. Envy. Disappointment. Anger. Depression. Arrogance. Low Self-Esteem. Addiction. These things and more do one thing in our lives above all else. They create divisions. Take a look around you. Think back to younger days. Visualize how people are automatically categorized upon appearance, ability, education. Think about how even our churches are separated and categorized by color, denomination, theology and even commitment. Do you realize that this is one thing we rarely hear in our prayer requests? Unity among men in the name of Jesus is important. But daily we perpetuate the division by trying o prove that we're right and everyone else is wrong. We spend so much time trying to persuade people of our beliefs, sometimes we even try to persuade ouselves, that we miss out on the blessing of the Truth!
Jesus, in the book of Matthew, is recorded to have said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." Later on he says that a tree is recognized by its fruit. If peacemakers are called sons of God, then wouldn't that be one of the signs of a child of God? Creating peace instead of tearing down the vision.
What do you see when you look at people? Samuel Jackson played in a movie where the character called his attorney on the carpet for his prejudice. He complained because when he was mentioned of seen he was seen as a black man. In all actuality he was a man. Just a man. That's what he wanted to be known as. Not black. Not short. Not handsome or homely. He bleeds just the same as everyone else.
It seems to me that there is a right. Jesus is that right. He is the Truth after all. As children of God we should be seeking to unify our brothers and sisters, finding the places where we agree and agreeing to disagree in other places. As long as Jesus is the true center, then why can't we live together in peace? No more denominations. No more First, Second and Third Baptist churches. Just the people of God, claiming to be just that and changing the world in the process. Blessed ar ethe peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.