Of elections and taking action
Brothers and sisters have been flooding The Daily Jot email box with questions like, “What is it that you want us to do?” or “What do you suggest we do?” or “I have been writing letters, making phone calls, praying, faxing, and nothing seems to work. What do you want from us?” The Daily Jot was started some 14 years ago with an express purpose to equip, encourage and evangelize. The Lord each day gives me something special to share with his readers. The Lord wants you to follow HIS way, HIS commandments, HIS precepts, not those of man, nor those of man’s opinion of what HE wants. When our nation is falling quickly into darkness, it is because the people of the nation are not light. So what do you do?
From my personal observations and what I believe the Lord is impressing upon me, we as true believers in the one true Messiah, must do what is asked of us by the Lord. Collectively, the body of believers, the body of Christ, is not doing that otherwise our nation, our communities, our families would be such a reflection. A large part of the problem that I can discern from my contacts, travels and discussions is that the collective body known as the church is so far from the truth of the scriptures that it is lost its savour as salt and light. And in that loss, it is being trampled under the feet of man. The acceptance of the world has so impacted the Church that many can no longer make a decision to save themselves.
Study the word. Know what it says in its entirety. Don’t take somebody’s word for it. You will be standing before the Lord someday on your own. Your preacher or television evangelist, or that man or woman who got you all emotionally riled up with false doctrine will not be there with you. You have to stand and account for your life. I do not want to hear the words found in Matthew 7:23, “I never knew you: depart from me.” So you better make sure the doctrine you are following and espousing is certain. That comes from self study. You would not believe the error my wife and I have found by studying the Bible. Things are being said and taught that are outright heresy, but they are accepted by many. Find out for yourself.
Finally, we are told to overcome evil with good. We are told to occupy till the Lord returns. We need to know who we are in Christ, and we need to take action. Action is defined in my book as something physical–the result of faith and the resulting unction of prayer. For me, I wonder how great it would be if the millions of us who call ourselves Christians would take to the streets and make it known that we are not going to accept evil ruling over us. I wonder how great it would be if we encouraged people to righteousness. I wonder how it would be if even the older and wiser among us could encourage others to repent, to relationship, to action. We could be accused of turning the world upside-down. Don’t worry about what I want you to do. Figure out what God wants you to do. Then do it.
