During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought on the same side.
They were allies.
But they were never truly aligned.
They shared a common enemy.
Adolf Hitler.
That was enough to stand shoulder to shoulder for a time.
But when the war ended, the alliance unraveled almost immediately.
The Cold War followed.
Because agreement about who the enemy is
is not the same as sharing the same convictions.
I notice the same pattern playing out all around us.
Politics.
Churches.
Friendships.
Two people find themselves on the same side of a fight and assume they are on the same side of everything. But shared opposition can create the illusion of unity. Real unity is built on something deeper.
Truth.
Conviction.
A shared understanding of what is good.
Jesus never gathered people around a common enemy.
He gathered them around truth.
Maybe today is a good day to pause and look around.
Who am I aligned with?
People who share my enemies.
Or people who share my convictions.
Those are not always the same.
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