Of discernment and determination
There has been a lot of debate stirred up by the primaries. Emails streaming in on an hourly basis are demonizing Ted Cruz on one hand and Donald Trump on the other. They are accused of being part of the global conspiracy, of having affairs, of cutting this secret deal or that. The vitriol is amazing coming from the emails of Christians, yes Christians. Folks, there is no perfect candidate. As I wrote before, we are not electing a pastor. There is so much terrible information out there that no one knows who to trust. We need to think critically and spiritually about this information and check up on what we are wanting to believe. We need to discern rightly and not accept the latest, most outrageous accusation.
This upcoming election is not going to be the end of our problems no matter who is elected. It took a long time to get into this mess and it will take a long time getting out of it. One thing for certain, we need to change the direction of things or we may not be long as a nation. People of a certain ungodly political persuasion need to go. Voting for the lesser evil is often how it is put. Some will over-spiritualize it and say that voting for the lesser evil is still evil. But incremental progress is better than no progress, especially when the alternative is blatantly “in your face” godlessness. When Nehemiah rebuilt the wall, it was dangerous work with many people murmuring and opposing him. It wasn’t done overnight, but it got done.
Mark 8:34 says, “And Jesus called the crowds with his disciples, and he said to them, “Whoever is willing to come after me, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and let him come after me.” The cross was very offensive because it represented the worst of torture and death reserved for the worst of people. Jesus was saying that following him will be difficult. Turning a nation back to God is also difficult. The church has become like the world. Many Christians are apathetic like the Laodiceans. 2 Chronicles 7:14 is overused and underplayed. We must understand prayer needs action and action needs prayer, and we need to be about Ephesians 6:13, “having done all, to stand.” This is our cross today.
Getting rid of the problem before us is like the example Jesus gave regarding the demon that could not be driven out, only by prayer and fasting. Pray and fast for our nation. Beyond that we have to take action. So many will say that if you organize and take to the streets, you are being rebellious. I say that if we stand together overcoming evil with good, and we do it publicly in great numbers, we are not in rebellion, but crushing a satanic rebellion that has been allowed far too long. We need to put away man-made extra-biblical doctrines, and put our arms and legs and voices in motion in numbers. We need to be men and women of God speaking boldly as we ought to speak. Anyone game?
