Why God Loves Diversity

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“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands” (Revelation 7:9).

John had a vision of heaven with God seated on his throne. In that vision, John saw a great multitude from every nation, standing before the throne and proclaiming praises to God. I imagine that praises were offered in different languages and dialects using different cultural expressions. “Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah” (Psalm‬ ‭67:4‬).

I love the click consonants of the Xhosa tribes in South Africa and the songs of many African countries, in joyous celebration to God. I find it amazing to listen to people from different cultures, expressing glory and praise to God in their own language. I often don’t understand what people are saying, but when I watch as they dance and sing for joy, with their hands raised in adoration to God; I can’t help but feel the weight of the anointing, coming from their unique sounds of praise.

I imagine that this is how God views it and he created this diversity, because he is the God of creation. I imagine that heaven will constitute a diverse blend of people. We will all sing in harmony to God and we will all understand each other’s sounds. God created sounds and within each cultural expression, lies the majesty of God. God created us all as one people and our geographical locations have created unique differences. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians‬ ‭3:28‬).

Our differences are skin deep and based on social constructs, that have defined people into different categories. Within our fibre lies the DNA of God. God sees colour, culture, diversity and ethnicities and He says, this is good. He loves the sound of our different languages and cultural expressions. God’s desire is that we embrace our differences and combine these cultural expressions, to create a unique blend of diverse worship and praise to Him. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis‬ ‭1:27‬).

A.P.-Y.

Published by Anneta Pinto-Young

I am a trained Social Worker who currently provides professional leadership on a programme to support Social Work students and Newly Qualified Social Workers entering the Social Work Profession. Born and raised in Jamaica in a Christian family where my father is an ordained Pastor and Deacon who has served for over 50 years in the ministry. My father is also a trained musician and our family can be described as a musical family. I grew up in a small farming community in St. Peter’s, St. Andrew and my parents also have a small farm. I credit my gift of writing to my father who I watched and listened to over the years as he wrote sermons, poems and other recitals in his capacity in ministry. English has always been an easy subject for me and over the years I have developed an increased interest in writing. I am a Trainer, I sing and have a passion for worship, the spoken word and the free flow of the prophetic anointing. I am married to my best friend Andrew Christopher Young who is an advanced Musician and whose music you can find on YouTube and Facebook. I am a trained Coach and Mentor and I love experimenting with food so I love cooking. I enjoy trying cultural dishes from across the world and I view food as an entry into cultures and languages.

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8 thoughts on “Why God Loves Diversity”

  2. What a lovely post, so well written. I really enjoyed reading this and completely agree.
    Personally, I watch the news at times with a heavy heart, when I hear and see all the tensions around “race.” It’s an age old problem that has beleaguered man for centuries. And yet, the truth is there’s only one race – the human race – created with all our wonderful differences and diversity with one vital thing in common: we are all made in the image of God. ❤️

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