THE SPIRITUAL DNA

This thoughts came to my mind one early Sunday morning in January 2014. It’s a concept I’ll like to call “The Spiritual DNA”.

In the same way our biological DNA is comprised of SNPs (Single Nucleotide – Polymorphism) which basically determine our physical and behavioural attributes, so can the Spiritual DNA of a person have profound effect on the behavioural attributes and lifelong patterns in a person’s life. These can ultimately determine the future and experiences an individual is likely to encounter.

Elements of the Spiritual DNA are usually passed down from parents to offspring during conception, just as it is for the biological DNA.

Observing closely, you may notice trends in individuals from a particular family. It could be a trend of poverty, poor health, certain behavioural attributes (anger, promiscuity), etc. This may seem like biological traits but they are in fact as a result of the Spiritual DNA of that person or family.

It is very important for you to understand this mystery especially if you are planning to go into a long term commitment such as marriage with someone. Identifying and understanding the Spiritual DNA of your partner correctly and taking the right precautions to correct and restore any blemish in it can save you from a lot of unnecessary problems in the future.

The Spiritual DNA of man was perfect in the beginning having no corruption, defect or blemish, but this changed when man sinned against God. Sin is one thing that can corrupt a person's spiritual DNA, and the worst part is that the blemished DNA will inherently get passed on to any offspring of that person unless something is done to correct or reverse the blemished element of that DNA strand.

You may ask yourself “What does this have to do with me?” A blemish in a person’s Spiritual DNA is never a good thing. The outcomes are things like, lust, failure, poverty, stagnation, poor health etc.  It is therefore very important to have a retrospective view of your lineage and infer if there’s anything that may have corrupted your DNA. Did your family or ancestors worship idols in the past? Is there a history of sexual perversion in your family? Is there a history of wickedness or causing harm to others?

Look at the continent of Africa, a continent where historically its people have worshipped idols in the past and have grossly sinned against God. It is said that civilisation started in Africa but we haven’t made much progress since then. Care to ask why? I think a major reason may be due to the state of our spiritual DNA.

The good news is that a corrupted or blemished Spiritual DNA can change! It can be cured and made whole. In the same way the biological DNA will mutate and transform after been subjected to certain conditions over a long period of time, the Spiritual DNA will also change when an individual becomes born-again and starts living according to the Spirit of God, when you allow the word and love of God transform you gradually. This is a gradual process, but everyday you wake up you are being transformed towards perfection as long as you remain in Christ.

You can also force a cure to a defective DNA by identifying the recurring effect that that corrupted DNA has on your life or family and going into prayer with God, asking Him to make your spiritual DNA whole again. However, the key is staying away from Sin because with every Sin comes corruption of a person’s Spiritual DNA.

So keep living holy according to Gods word and let His love and Spirit transform you into who you were made to be. Don’t accept failure or any other symptom of a defective DNA; pray it away as soon as you can identify it. May the Grace of God be sufficient for us all!  

Amen.