JEREMIAH 17:5 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans and turn their hearts away from the LORD.

     The other day I watched a video about how "the white man" "white society" "white corporations" "white supremacy" and/or "the establishment" succeeded in brain washing, enslaving, and hoodwinking people of color with religion.  They stated that people of color were tamed and subjugated with JESUS.  People of color were taught to not fight back but to "turn the other cheek", they were brought into submission by being "taught the meek shall inherit the earth",  and be satisfied with "it's all gonna get better, by and by".  People of color do not need to be rich, live in better housing, eat better food. They don't need to have better health and not be afraid to die because soon "there will be no more death, no more tears, no more sorrow, no more pain when we ALL get to heaven".  Is there truth in this? YES. The video bothered me for a while.  I began to think, is this true, is Jesus just something "they" made up to keep us in line.
     I became disturbed as I pondered this supposed "truth".  I looked a little closer at people of color and saw the continuous struggle.  I thought about how many people of color buy things, over spend, are more concerned about bling than saving, are more concerned about driving fancy cars that investing, are more concerned with looks, clothes, and jewelry than education.  People of color are not usually taught to open businesses, create good credit scores, pool their resources, and to not drown in debt.  What a sad state of affairs if this video is true.
     While much of the aforementioned is true, I could not bring myself to totally abandon the idea of Jesus. No JESUS?  The more I thought about Jesus just being something to contain us, the longer I pondered on this whole idea of Jesus as a farce, the more I considered the idea that Jesus was just a ploy, the more I contemplated that perhaps I too had been hood winked, the lonelier, the sadder, and the emptier I felt. Is this what they call at the cross roads? It was time to decide, but how? I did the only thing I knew how to do. PRAY. STUDY. PRAY. WAIT.  I had to pick up the bible and hold it in my hands as I read and studied the Word.  I had to rely on God to lead me to the passages that held the answer.  I had to shut my mind and open my heart.  I had to wait for the revelation of the Holy Spirit.  I waited for that feeling of love, warmth, and peace that only He could bring.  Then it came to me...
     It came to me in the form of Psalm 81 'Ye are Gods, we are children of God." (Psalm 82;;6)  Could I deny myself? Do I not exist? I am a god, meaning an offspring of God, He breathed life into me, He created me, I am just as much a part of Him as He is a part of me. Just like our birth father's DNA is in us, God's DNA is in us.  If there is no Father, Son and Holy Spirit then there is no ME. I had to cease to try to understand on my own accord and start to understand that GOD  is beyond the understanding of my finite mind.  I HAD to trust the Lord with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding (Proverbs 3:5).  I now knew that I could not be wise in my own eyes (Proverbs 3:7) and I would once again feel that peace that supasses all understanding (Phil 4:7).
     God spoke to me in a way that I COULD comprehend.  He showed me the great Christian leaders.  He showed me that they were not weak or pacifists.  They bucked the system, fought for change, and human rights.  Bishop Desmond Tutu, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Richard Allen (founder of AME Church), Toussain L'Overture (lead Haitian slave revolt), Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall and the one who's hair was like wool...Jesus Christ.  Jesus who walked among the people, made the blind see, the lame walk, fed the hungry, calmed the sea, cast out demons, walked on water, loved the unloveable.  The one who LIVED AND DIED AND WAS RESURRECTED SO THAT WE COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR OUR SINS (1Cor 15:3-8).
     It came down to this.  It's a choice.  A choice to believe with my heart and not my head.  A choice to  trust and believe that Jesus is Lord and He died so that we may be saved (Romans 10:9-10).  If I don't trust Him, then who am I going to trust? The establishment?
JEREMIAH 17:5 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans and turn their hearts away from the LORD.