Genesis 11:6

6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

"Potential," we as a church have the greatest amount of potential when we are united, speaking the same language: "Jesus."  There is nothing we cannot do "together,"  notice God's language, "if one people."  That means that when we put our differences aside and become unified in our purpose, our pursuit that nothing is impossible, when we speak the same language.  This is the same thing stated in Acts 2, having all things in common, that is, they pursued "Christ,"  if we keep Christ at the center of all we do, and are, then this commonality will be our strength.   

The application here is that our potential for greatness is not wrapped up in our single contribution, but rather our collective contribution; it is our unity that makes us great.  Whatever we decide to do “for the Kingdom” together will become possible; it is our potential together, focused on the right things, that makes us great.    The second thing is if our focus is not on our differences, but rather on what unifies us, “Christ,” then nothing can stop the Kingdom.

Lord, I pray that this year we will focus on that which draws us together, that is Christ, that our pursuit would take us places we never thought we would see, that together we would do great things for the Kingdom, in Jesus’ name, Amen!