If you read the story of Jesus, and then proceed into the Acts chapters 1 and 2, you begin to understand the Apostles had strife. The 12 have been reduced to 11, because one had a different agenda. Then, the bible records, to replace Judas Iscariot, they drew straws. You don't draw straws if everyone is in agreement, or there are no other choices.
Before the Holy Spirit was able to come, they had to settle their differences and come together. They went back to what Christ had taught them via the scriptures concerning the number twelve. They re-established His order, then waited for Him to empower them.
I wonder what would happen if we, after strife or division, would follow His set-forth pattern, come into agreement according to His Word, and wait for Him to empower us in our lives?
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