Have you seen a bunch of broom before? Have you ever tried breaking it, if yes, were you able to break them? Well, I love using the bunch of broom as a case study when I want to talk about the essence of unity to humanity. We as humans we most times forget about the power of unity, the strength of being in oneness and we somehow don't see unity as anything that is necessary in most aspects of our lives.
Nowadays we are no longer bothered about trying to foster unity among ourselves, we are more focused on making the most out of this world, we care more about our own well-being and satisfaction to that of others. Well, that's not bad but the fact that we don't care of others anymore but ourselves alone is something that is really not funny at all. We all live on earth but then we don't seem to understand why we have more than just our individual selves on earth.
In time past, we heard of a story of a nation that was so united, they all spoke one language and they all had one goal and because of that, they decided to build a tower that will make them see God. Because of their togetherness and unity, they started building the tower very quickly but when God saw that the people were determined to do as they have said, he brought confusion into their midst by giving them different languages.
Now every man was speaking in different languages and it was a total confusion, due to the confusion, they were unable to complete the task that they all planned to accomplish. This is a story from the Bible in the book of Genesis 11:1-9, there you can get the actual message.
There are a few lessons in this story that gives us the insight of the power of unity because God recognized the power of unity and that was why he had to make them speak different languages or else they would have had their way with what they planned to do. So below are some vital lessons from the story;
- UNITY AND COOPERATION IS KEY TO ACHIEVING ANYTHING IN LIFE : Just like the illustration of the broom, so where those people in the story, they all had one language and one speech and they kept progressing with all the plans they had but then God knew they were up to no good and if he didn't intervene, they would have accomplished their goals, so he scattered them all over the world after giving them different languages.
- WHEN PEOPLE ARE UNITED THEY ARE UNSTOPPABLE : God saw that if he left the people to do as they wish, they would have easily achieved what they wanted because they were united, God knew they were unstoppable as long as they where united and that was why he had to spread them all over the earth.
As long as people are united, it will be almost impossible to do anything to them that will have effect on them and that is why just like the bunch of broom, unless you separate them one after the other, it would be impossible to break the brooms, hence the power of having unity is that, as long as people are united they are unstoppable and unbreakable but the moment there is any division, it will be very easy to destroy them.
In our different countries, we have come to realize that we lack unity in doing things and that is why it is very easy for things to go wrong but if only we all could just try to speak in one voice though different languages, we will be able to achieve so many things both individually and as a nation.
Until next time, stay BLESSED and AWESOME!!!