Biggest Decision

I was driving in my car yesterday and it occured to me as I passed church after church with the "Vote Here" sign out front, that in America, a majority of our polling places are places of worship! Our country makes its biggest decision at church! We fear the government taking God out of our schools, workplaces, and daily lives yet fail to find it a blessing that the government turns to our churches every four years to host its biggest event........The presidential election. What a wondeful way for us to serve others.

I am also challenged by the fact that I am still a Christian no matter who becomes president. I am also challenged that when your candidate does not win, others are watching! How will you react? Will you be bitter? Will you immediately start to trash the new president? What an opportunity to witness to others by showing kindness and respect. People are watching, it is never rudeness, bitterness, or unkind words that shows God's love to others. If that were the case, the life Jesus led on this earth would have been so different. He would have fought back at the cross and made sure that a protesting riot broke out as they brought him to Calvary. That is not the example he led.

I am excited by the opportunity that we will be challenged these next 4 years. We desire the mindless position of citizen where someone does all the thinking for us and we do not have to worry about what happens next. That is the comfortable zone we all desire. We now have to pray (which we should be doing anyway) for our country and that we find the strength and the discernment to do what is right every single day. I love our country! I love the fact that we have a winner and a loser on election night, we do not have someone merely telling us who the next president is. We have spoken as a country and the results are in. What will you do next? Someone will be watching, not only God but others who need him.

Daniel 2:20-22

"Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.

He changes times and seasons;
he sets up kings and deposes them.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.

He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him."