Once again I have decided to change my narrative this week. Last week at the end of my post, I was going to talk about Seeing God, the next chapter in the book, Where Is God!? Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God. Instead, this week I am going to continue to talk about Transformation. Not only continue in the light of how we are transformed into likeness of Christ, but also in the light of Racism and Police Brutality in the death of George Floyd, the black man we saw murdered by police on national television. It has touched the hearts of millions of people just as this COVID-19 has affected millions across the world. In the light of our world events, I believe Transformation deserves more light and attention as we ALL look for a change in our society on many levels. Truly, we are seeking Justice For ALL.
As we move forward with the COVID-19 pandemic and the courageous dialogue needed about racism and police brutality in our world and in continuing my blog on Transformation, racism is nothing new in our world. It was here before Jesus walked the earth. The Israelites were in bondage for over 400 years before they were set free by the forceful hand of God. God often uses people to get his work done. In the instance with the Israelites He used Moses. It is interesting that the death of George Floyd, the black man who the world witnessed his murder at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers, unveiled the racism and police brutality across the world in other countries and nations. The cruelty and mistreatment of mankind needs to stop across the board. Because we are human beings and we are not perfect, unfortunately racism will be with us until God comes for His people. This world that we know will be no more. I do believe racism can be improved upon tremendously if we have courageous dialogue and effective polices and laws put into place. To say it will be eradicated is to say we live in a utopia and we do not. This is a matter of legislating our heart. Again, this is why God is asking us to give our hearts to him. Only He can change a person.
Racism is an attitude. It is a mistreatment of another race because they are different and built on misconceptions. It is a bad spirit in one’s psyche. It is a demonic spirit to take another human being down. It is Satan using his daggers to kill, steal, and destroy the human race! Satan knows he is defeated. It is why He is so miserable. His aim is to take as many people with Him as he can. This is a good description of the phrase, “Misery loves company.” Satan does not want to be alone in hell by himself. Simply put… He wants company. He does not play fair and he does not fight fair because he wants as much company as he can get. So how do we defeat him? By the renewing of our hearts and minds here on earth, it is part of the transformation we need to have to live a victorious Christian life.
This transformation of our hearts and minds is deeper than what we think. It is more to it that meets the natural eye. It is the molding, shaping, and pruning of our hearts and minds. It is looking to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, who is our supreme example of how we should be and walk this Christian life. It is not easy. It hurts sometimes. When you talk about molding, shaping and pruning, the process is not pretty, but the end results give us the fruit of the spirit in our lives of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. This is what we are aiming for. When we can think like Jesus and do like Jesus our world becomes a better place. It is something we should strive for each and every day. That is the transformative spirit we all should seek…Amen. It will not remove the problem of racism, police brutality, and the multitude of other sins we deal with in this world, but hopefully with reformation of laws, policies, and attitudes, All people will feel like, Justice Is For All. Next week we will delve deeper in the next chapter, Seeing God. Thank you for joining me this week. I’ll see you next week. Stay safe from COVID-19. Love & Blessings!