Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

How do we obtain a sense of self-worth if we are all equal? We have different talents. I cannot play a musical instrument so someone else needs to be the music director. I have faith but it is not enough for me to lead a mission team in lands where Christians are killed for carrying a bible. I have knowledge but not enough to obtain a doctorate. I have the gift of prophesy, but I cannot make people see things the way I do.

What does it mean to be one in Christ? Perhaps the understanding comes from this one word found in today’s verse which describes our identities. Nor. In Christ we can only be one is we lose ourselves to Christ. We have to become selfless.

We struggle with this concept in the world because the world is selfish. The world has self-interest. The world wants to divide and conquer. In the natural sense it is survival. Survival is an instinct as old as mankind itself.

Isaiah 28:5 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

It just never occurs to the world that there is something more important than survival.