The tragedy in the States continues. I just read of an 8-year old girl that was shot in Atlanta in the same neighborhood where Rayshard Brooks was killed.
75 shootings have occurred in Atlanta in the last few weeks, and killings in cities across the United States are up dramatically. And as in Atlanta, this is not police shootings we’re talking about.
As the Atlanta mayor said, “We’re fighting the enemy within when we are shooting each other up in our streets.”
Or as a famous cartoonist once put it, “We have met the enemy and he is us.”
And it’s not just the black community that is hurting in all this. It’s this entire world that is hurting.
What do we do?
And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. (Luke 9:1-2, ESV)
We may not have the same power to heal sicknesses that the apostles had.
But we do have the same power and authority over the satanic powers in this world.
And we are called to proclaim God’s kingdom and to bring healing to those whose lives are broken by sin.
We are living in a broken world. It’s broken because people have rejected their King. And so to proclaim God’s kingdom is to bring people back to their King. Because only when people submit to their King can true healing begin.
Racial healing. Marital and family healing. Emotional and spiritual healing. The healing of our communities, cities, and our nations.
We are sent to proclaim and heal. Let’s get to work.
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