When people hear the word unity, many think it means everyone has to be the same—same thoughts, same actions, same choices. But that’s not unity, that’s conformity. And conformity often demands us to shrink who we are just to “fit in”.

True unity is much more beautiful than that. Unity doesn’t erase differences—it celebrates them.

I like to picture unity as an orchestra. A violin will never sound like a trumpet, and a drum will never echo like a flute. And that’s okay. Each instrument has its own unique sound. By themselves, they can be beautiful. But when they play together, guided by a shared rhythm, they create music that none of them could ever produce alone. That’s the magic of harmony.

Life works the same way. Families, friendships, churches, communities—they don’t thrive when everyone looks and acts alike. They thrive when differences come together with love, respect, and a common purpose. Your voice, my voice, their voice—we may sound different, but together, we can make something extraordinary.

Unity is not about losing yourself to blend in. It’s about bringing your true self to the table and letting it work beautifully alongside others.

As I have watched and listened to the words and scenes of what is happening in our country today, the Lord has spoken to me quite clearly about some specific events.  The foundational issue which I will address here is the death of George Floyd. I have seen and shared on social media the background of the man in two formats.  One was a post by a lawyer who had info on Mr. Floyd’s criminal background and the other was a public figure and speaker sharing a rant about the same information.  

When I shared the first post by the lawyer, I was uncertain about sharing.  I had already seen a video by George in which he spoke about how the young black men today need Jesus and to make changes in their lives.  I also read that he had received Jesus himself and had become active in ministry for black men and youth.  So, I know that he was a born-again believer in Jesus.  As I read the background info shared by the lawyer, I thought it was good to know that info.  Then, as I talked to the Lord about that info, the Lord said to me that He did not remember any of that.  He said that George was a believer, his sins had been paid for and were removed as far as the east is from the west.  George was a holy, righteous child of God and was in heaven with Him.  So, I deleted the post.  If God does not see the sin anymore, I didn’t need to either.  George is as righteous and holy as every other Christian is, completely clean, brand new and forgiven.  2 Corinthians 5:21

Then I watched the rant by another person to hear other info which had been researched concerning the rates of black on black murder and including other related statistics in the country today. The background of George Floyd was shared again with even more info of the actual details at the time of death. You know, we all feel that we need to have all the info on everything.  Not so. I knew what the Lord had said about the previous criminal activities and knew that God was not holding anything against George.  In the natural or flesh, George reaped the consequences for the sin in his life before he received Jesus as Savior. After his rebirth, George was held blameless by God for any sin. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Sinful behavior after rebirth is the result of demons in the soul and no longer has any spiritual consequence for any Christian.  George Floyd lost his life because he was murdered.  The man who killed him was under the influence of the demonic.

To understand this whole picture, we need to know what happens when we receive Jesus as Savior.  Before Jesus is received, we (the whole world) are all sinners and living with our souls (mind, emotions and will) as the highest functioning part of us.  We are living in disobedience to God.  And because of sin, we are spiritually dead.  Jesus bought us reconciliation with God through His sacrifice on the cross. In other words, we are forgiven, reconciled to God, made right with Him, through the blood of Jesus.  2 Corinthians 5:18-19   But we must receive Jesus as Savior to have the benefit of that reconciliation.  If we don’t, the gift has been in vain for us.  The Holy Spirit has been sent to every person on this earth to convict us of sin and draw us to Jesus.  John 16:7-9

As soon as we receive Jesus, God performs a miracle in the holy spiritual realm and He recreates us as a new spiritual being. We become one spirit with Him.  We are reborn, or born again from above.  We are spirit beings just like God.  We are “dead to sin and alive to righteousness.” 1 Peter 2:24   Our spirits will never die again because of sin.  We have been made new righteous, holy creations in the spirit with God.  Jesus does not need to go back up on the cross to save us again.  Hebrews 9:25-26   It has been done once for all.   Hebrews 10:14

Believers today are the church.  We are all one in spirit.  We all are one spirit with God.  John 17:32   And as far as skin color is concerned, it is not how God sees us.  He created all mankind and created all the colors, but His view of us is not as the world sees.  We are all spirit just like God.  So, as far as God is concerned, we believers are all the same color, invisible.   Acts 10:34-35    Romans 2:11   We cannot see spirit with our natural eyes.  But we are real and alive in the spirit.  We are not to look at the flesh anymore as Christians.  2 Corinthians 5:16   We need to look through the eyes of the Holy Spirit.  We are to discern each person in the spirit through the Holy Spirit.  We need to also discern ourselves in the spirit.  We need to see ourselves joined in the spirit to our God.  We are in right standing with God as believers. Can you visualize yourself as joined with your God in spirit?  There is nothing separating us.  The capacity for sin is still in the soul and still comes from the presence of demons. But we do not sin.  1 John 3:9   We must believe the truth about our personhood to be able to understand the will of God.  The enemy is stealing the truth from our minds and rendering us ineffective spiritually because we are a threat to him and his kingdom prospering.  We cannot let darkness continue to run our lives. The stakes for our country are too high. The enemy steals, kills, and destroys as much as he can because of our ignorance.  John 10:10   Ignorance comes from a lack of knowledge.  “My people perish for a lack of knowledge.”  Hosea 4:6

We, the church, are living through times of all out demonic war and have declined to come to the fight.  We haven’t known or learned to fight the demons instead of the people in whom they reside.  Ephesians 6:10   The devil has hidden our need for the Holy Spirit who manifests for our benefit if we will seek Him.  We cannot fight the spiritual battle without the Holy Spirit.  He is the Spirit of God!  He is the power!  He gives us discernment to see the demons!  

The view of government in America today tends to incite fear in those of us who believe in God.  We are shocked by the violence, murder and destruction happening across the country. That fear and shock are demonic. The murder and destruction are demonic. The racism, hate and accusations are demonic.  We must look past the emotion their presence brings and with the Name of Jesus and the Power of the Holy Spirit command the demons to stop, cancel their plans and schemes, and speak forth the power of God.  The actions which are not from God are from demons.  We must separate the spirits from the people in our thoughts. That’s what Jesus meant when He said to pray for your enemies.  Matthew 5:44   They deserve to be free from the demons and saved as much as we do.  Jesus died for the whole world.  And we, the church, are the ones to be doing battle with darkness and telling the lost and demonized how to be free and that they are reconciled to God already.  We have been given the ministry of reconciliation.      2 Corinthians 5:20

Christians, we don’t need to look at news shows or social media to find out what is happening and what we need to do about it. We need to talk with the Lord and submit to His will. I asked Him a few weeks ago if the election and all the politics is about money when I was asked to donate to another campaign group.  He said “No, this is a spiritual battle.” That is the Word of the Lord!   He doesn’t want us to be uninformed, but He would have us see through spiritual eyes and not the eyes of the flesh.  He definitely wants to be guiding our steps to be about His business.  When He has something to say, we need to be listening.  He speaks as often as we will listen.  Directly to us.  The Word of the Lord is what He is still saying today.  Sometimes the Bible is His method, but more often than not, His communication is personal and direct.

So, George Floyd is in heaven.  His killer will be tried.  He deserves to be set free from the demon who manipulated him to commit murder and to be born again if he has not already.  The other murders, protests, riots, and destruction need to stop!  The country needs to return to some semblance of economic order.  The police are needed by our country and need to be reassured of their acceptance as public servants.  And the spirits of racism and hatred must be bound!  Those causing the issues nationwide need to be held accountable for the demonic actions committed.