Character, Not Color
Martin Luther King Jr. famously said in his “I have a dream” speech that he wanted his children to grow up in a nation where they would be judged not by the color of thier skin but by the quality of their character.
This poses a good question for us. How do we judge people?
Let us not be hindered by what a person looks like but who God made them to be.
My mom gave my sister and I African-American baby dolls when we were little. We loved on them and never thought anything of thier skin color. My parents raised us to look and learn about other cultures, not judge and sneer on them.
You see this is what the Bible says after God created man…
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.”
Genesis 1:27
All men were created in the image of God and we all were created for the same reason, to glorify our maker.
We also all sinned. Romans 3 says that “none are righteous, no not one.” And later, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Just as we all bear the image of God, we also all bear the sin nature. But it doesn’t end here.
We are also all saved. Romans 5 says “God shows his love for us in this, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.”
You see the gospel is for everyone.
Americans.
African Americans.
Hispanics.
Asians.
Europeans.
The disabled.
The fatherless.
The rich.
The poor.
The list goes on.
Just like Martin Luther King Jr. I long for the day (we have made progress, but we are not perfect.) when people judge each other, not by their skin and outward appearance but by their character, love for Christ and thier heart.
“For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7b
“For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people.”
1 Timothy 4:10a
Priscilla Joy
