The Importance of Unity in the Body

Cor 12:12 For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body – though many – are one body, so too is Christ. 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves ⁴ or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit. 12:14 For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

At cell today, Ah pa was talking about the importance of the unity of the body and that the spreading of 2nd hand news will never resolve the problem.

At the moment , God reminded me of the many incidents that happened during my secondary school days.

In sec 3, I was the chairman of Chinese Drama, I was indeed at that time proud of my position because I felt that it was a recognition of my contribution to Chinese Drama and that the members had put trust in me to lead them.

However, as time went by, I had many misunderstandings with my committee members. Rumors and accusations were flying around in the society. People lost respect in me and I felt hurt and rejected at that time. ( though hopefully, I have overcame these at encounter. Praise the Lord)

When I heard the passage 1 cor 12 today again, it came back to me. I realised that if at that moment I should have addressed the issue by talking to my committee members 1st. Den escalating to my teacher in charge and if it still couldn't be resolved, leave the society. Because of my immaturity, I caused a bigger problem in the society.


Firstly, during orientation, there was a miscommunication and disunity in the body. This eventually led to the disappearing of an entire batch of sec1 students for the year, having major consequences in the society for the next few years to come. Lesson 1: Disunity will eventually lead to the breakup of the whole body.

Secondly, my relationships with the members would have been much better when I left. Lesson 2: The pain when left untreated for a long time will fester and cause more pain to the body.

I really thank the lord for bringing back memories of the incident and that now I have the opportunity to reflect upon the events that happened long ago. I thank the lord for my spiritual father Chris for being able to stand out and address the various issues within the cell before things start to go awry because of disunity and distrust.

Only when there is unity in the body whether in the body of Christ or in any organization then we can expect to go deep, look far and ask big.