Psalm 133 encourages us that joy and refreshment is found in spending more time in community with God’s people.
Psalm 133 reads:
How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!
It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down upon the collar of his robes.
It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore (Ps 133)."
This Psalm reminds us of the sweetness of unity for God’s people. David sings that unity is good: delicious, sweet, pure, clean, cheerful and happy. And, it is pleasant: beautiful, lovely. Unity is a perfect temperature and pure sunshine.
David continues in verse 2 to give us two pictures which illustrate how wonderful it is to be unified. This begins the first point on your outline. The picture of an anointing tells us that unified believers are lavishly commissioned. A unified church is set apart to do God’s work in a special way.
In the second picture, David uses the simile of water. Now remember, water was a very precious commodity in that time. The point is that if we are unified, then we will be blessed and refreshed by God.
Unity is never, never easy in a local church. But, it is a treasure to be pursued. It is worth giving up your preferences, and even your legitimate rights like Jesus did, in order to find unity. Psalm 133 is so true. Unity is good and pleasant. God commissions unified believers to do His work. And, God gives a special drink of cool water to those who unselfishly unify in doing His work.
