Eph.4:1-5 – therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

The change in the culture of our modern world has really exposed our need for love, identity, and community. The traditional family provided a structure that protected us from a lot of the drama that goes on in the world. The breakdown of the family unit has left us alone and vulnerable causing many to come to this longing in their soul for oneness, oneness with God and oneness with our spiritual family. Paul describes this union that becomes ours in Christ. He says this longing is completed with one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father. This describes the completeness that becomes ours in Christ. Here is how the Christ Centered Expository Commentary describes this.

“As His adopted children, we share the same Father. He is the God over all and the Father of all His children—regardless of their ethnicities. We are one big, adopted family. Notice also the Trinity here in this creed. The triune God not only creates the unity we have as believers but also serves as the ultimate picture of unity. Jesus prayed for unity, reflecting on His relationship with the Father: “May they all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be one in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me”. A healthy church is characterized by such unity, and it is a marvelous testimony to the watching world.”

If you can grasp this it is utterly astonishing. This is the prayer Jesus prayed recorded in John 17, He prayed that we would taste what He had enjoyed with the Father from eternity. This is why He came to die for us, that we could be brought into this matchless union with the Father and the Son. Nothing else can satisfy our hungry hearts, to know the Lord intimately is the source that all that of our hearts long for. Drinking in His Spirit brings us into the fellowship of the Father and His family, it doesn’t get any better than that.