If One Nation Suffers

The World is a unit, though it is made up of many countries; and though all its countries are many, they form one global unit. The World is not made up of one country, but of many. If China should say, “Because I am not Russia, I do not belong to The World,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of The World. And if Uganda should say, “Because I am not America, I do not belong to The World,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of The World. 

If the whole World were one Nation, where would the sense of culture be? If the whole World were one Nation, where would the sense of individuality be? But in fact God has arranged the countries in the World, every one of them, just as He wanted them to be. If they were all one country, where would the World be? 

As it is, there are many countries, but one World. The equator cannot say to the poles “I don’t need you!”, and the Global North cannot say to the Global South, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the World that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the nations that are ‘unpresentable’ are treated with special modesty, while our ‘presentable’ nations need no special treatment.

But God has combined the countries of the World and has given greater honor to the nations that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the World, but that its nations should have equal concern for each other.

If one nation suffers, every nation suffers with it; if one country is honored, every country rejoices with it. We are the Nations of the World, and each country is a part of it. 

There are so many roles to fill. There are leaders, helpers, teachers, workers, suppliers, worshipers, exporters, importers, and many more. But are all countries leaders? Are all helpers? Are all teachers? Do all supply? Do all have excess resources to export? Do all speak the same language? Do all worship? No! We are all part of the same world, and no one nation is dispensable.

Let us always remember this.

This is an adaptation of scripture found in The Bible. The original text can be found in 1 Corinthians 12:12-31