There is a certain truth to the cascade of intervention--leave it alone, allow it to happen naturally or else destroy it all together. I would say however, that like a good marriage counsellor we can define unity and what it's supposed to achieve so that we can tentatively know how we're doing! I believe the New Testament does this for us specifically the books of 1 and 2 Corinthians and 1 John, but the others as well. We can stop striving "towards" unity but there are aspects of unity that will have to be brought back into fellowship with God and others aspects that needed to go as soon as they popped up their heads the first time; namely rivalrous notions of power and unity.
There is a certain truth to the cascade of intervention--leave it alone, allow it to happen naturally or else destroy it all together. I would say however, that like a good marriage counsellor we can define unity and what it's supposed to achieve so that we can tentatively know how we're doing! I believe the New Testament does this for us specifically the books of 1 and 2 Corinthians and 1 John, but the others as well. We can stop striving "towards" unity but there are aspects of unity that will have to be brought back into fellowship with God and others aspects that needed to go as soon as they popped up their heads the first time; namely rivalrous notions of power and unity.