Imagine this: all the nations of the world come to agree with one another that there is one message, one ideal that stands above all others. So they rush to join with one another in not only agreeing about this, but to help one another live out their newfound ideal to the fullest.

It is hard to imagine, isn’t it? Our experience, both within nations and among them, is that agreement – just getting along – seems almost impossible. The Biblical image of nation rising against nation is much easier to see – in our minds and in every day’s news reports.

The Bible gives us hard-to-picture scenarios all the time. And these ideal images reflect the holy idea God wants us to see – that we all would get along and even love one another. It may be difficult to imagine, but God wants us to know that it is not impossible. And one day we will see it.

By Nick Foster from D365