Today marks the annual celebration of MLK’s birthday across the USA. Dr. King was, undoubtedly, one of the most influential people of the twentieth century. His bold, visionary preaching stirred the hearts and changed the lives of millions of Americans. His courageous, peaceful leadership built a force against racial segregation across all walks of life.
While I’d disagree with Dr. King on some points of theology, none of those differences bear on the central thesis of his life: All God’s children are to live united in peaceful, loving harmony.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream is God’s design for His Church.
We are one race – the human race – of many ethnicities united in God’s love to the praise His glorious grace.
We will gather together as the one people of God from every language, tribe, and nation by the blood of the Lamb.
Church, let’s live out heaven’s agenda on earth. By God’s power in the Gospel, may we display the beautiful mosaic of humanity’s tapestry as the redeemed and reconciled people of God.
Here’s how the apostle Paul explained what Jesus Christ did to make us one:
“For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall . . . [He] might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.” (Ephesians 2:15, 16)
The consummation of the united Kingdom that God is creating is our future hope:
“And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood people from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.” (Revelation 5:9-10)
Brothers and sisters, let us pray with hope and act on our hope to align our desires with God’s design. May God heal the divide, restore what is broken, and reconcile our relationships. In God’s strength, let’s sing the song of God’s coming kingdom and live out His will on earth today.
My Prayer on MLK Day:
Lord God, our Father in Heaven, may Your name and power be made famous across the earth. May people from every language bow to your reign and rejoice in Your uniting, healing, and redeeming grace. I pray the local church I serve, Mayfair Bible Church, will exemplify Your design, displaying a mosaic of multi-ethnicity to the praise of Your Son. Guard us from the lies of the dividing deceiver, Satan. Protect us from the temptation to lean our hearts toward spiritual pride. Unite us in a love that is only perfected by Your Truth. May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, through Christ the Reconciler, I pray, Amen.
Here are two other articles/videos I produced on this subject:
Christian Racism?: Q: “How should a Christian respond to racism? I hear these racist, white supremacists groups say they are also Christian. What do you think of that, Pastor Michael?” Article and Q & A Video: Christian Racism?
Mission Mosaic: God’s love compels us to go with His love to all the people groups of God’s World… both globally and locally. Our God is not a mono-lingual, mono-ethnic, mono-culture deity, but the Creator who has beautifully woven people from every background together into the one family of God in Jesus Christ. Brief Article: Mission Mosaic
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