Yesterday morning, we watched the grievous shooting of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. Last night, we watched the dreadful attack on law enforcement unfold on the streets of Dallas.

As I watched courageous men and women moving forward through gunfire to apprehend the shooter, I felt the same emotions you did. Fear. Anger. Adrenaline. Respect. Courage. Helplessness and a strong desire to help.

I had a strong desire to drive downtown and try to help. I wondered why onlookers were still in the streets. Maybe they felt the same thing. Maybe you felt the same thing.

I’m not trained with a gun. I don’t own SWAT gear. You probably don’t either. But, if you are a believer, you are armed with the solution to this civil war.

“For (Jesus) himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.” – Ephesians 2:14–16

The church in Ephesus was experiencing incredible racial tension between Jews and Gentiles. The environment was hostile. Where was the solution? It wasn’t in new laws, different leaders, better training or bigger prisons. The solution wasn’t found in the government. The solution was found in the church. The solution was Jesus.

If you are a believer, I want to remind you that you have what will break down the dividing wall of hostility in the world. If you have Jesus, step up and allow Him to use you to break down the dividing wall of hostility in our culture.

Over the next few days, I am praying for the church in the US to come together across the racial divides and to unite around Jesus. If you are in Dallas, I want to invite you to join me and other believers from around our city at Concord Church, 6808 Pastor Bailey Dr, Dallas, TX 75237, at 7pm to pray.

The church, not the government, has the solution.

Come Lord Jesus.