The fact that we are having COVID-19 and race crusades side-by-side
in America is a testament to the fact that “injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere” (quote from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.). God eventually does come to the aide of oppressed people. He said of the Israelites in Exodus 3:8, “I am
come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians.” He led them out of slavery and into the Promised Land.
When we say Black Lives Matter, it is not to
disqualify all other lives - nor is it to imply that all lives don’t matter
except the Black ones. It is to simply highlight a long history of Black lives not
mattering in this country. It is to raise a consciousness that Blacks are not
inferior to any other race simply because of the color of our skin.
Black Lives Matter is simply a movement in peaceful protest
for how we are being treated in this country since the time Plymouth Rock
landed on us and we were brought here in shackles. For the sake of having the
conversation on race relations and civil injustice, it is how we protest...
that alongside all other races in America, Black lives certainly do matter. We are not superior, and we are not inferior.
When athletes kneel in protest, they are not dishonoring
veterans, nor the flag, nor the country – they are simply using their platform as
a professional athlete in America to raise the level of consciousness in
peaceful protest against a country continually undermining Black folk, who are
just as much a part of this country as everyone else.
The Constitution says, "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice..."
God says, "I am come down to ensure this said Justice, is truly established among all citizens of the United States of America, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Let's make America great, truly great, by eliminating racism where it begins, in our own hearts.
God said, "If My people, who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land (from COVID-19)."
Justice will not come until those who are not injured, are just as outraged as those who are. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
We Shall Overcome Someday is an old Negro spiritual that rang throughout the initial civil rights movement. Try to pretend, if you will, that systemic racism does not exist in America, but it's everywhere and visibly apparent and obvious, even to the blind. This country has oppressed African Americans well after the Emancipation Proclamation was invoked, from generation to generation, even to this very day (voter suppression for example). Deep in my heart, I do believe that we have overcome today. #myperspective
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
1 Kings 8:59 (NLT) May these words that I have prayed in the presence of the LORD be before Him constantly, day and night, so that the LORD our God may give justice to me and to His people.
Psalm 37:28 (NKJV) For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake His saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalm 72:4 (NKJV) He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalm 89:14 (NKJV) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your face.
Psalm 103:6 ( NKJV) The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
Psalm 140:12 (NKJV) I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor.
Proverbs 2:8 (NKJV) He guards the paths of justice, and preserves the way of His saints.
Isaiah 12:4-5 (NKJV) And in that day you will say: “Praise the LORD, call upon His name; declare His deeds among the people, make mention that His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for He has done excellent things; this is known in all the earth."
Amen.
