Thoughts on the November Elections – Part 4
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war…And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “King of kings and Lord of lords.” [Revelation 19:11, 16]
Politics is overrun with opportunism. Elected officials are mostly opportunists because that’s the only way to get elected! The electorate, you see, vote for whoever gives out the most toys. This boils down to voting for the person who promises me the most, the candidate I believe will benefit me more than the others.
But where is principle in that approach? Ah, that puts the finger on the real issue right there, doesn’t it. Am I truly a principled person? Do I do what is right because it is right, or do machinate and wangle to seize what I think I deserve? What kind of person am I?
Do I examine the candidates and determine who I’ll cast my vote for based on their positions? Do I choose positions based on my own personal agenda, or do I choose based on the Lord’s agenda? Does the Word of God rule me come election time, or do I vote to receive personal favors?
Jesus Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords, not the President of the United States. I cannot vote Him out of office if He doesn’t give me my way. There are only two choices I can make in relating to Jesus:
1. submit to Him as my King
2. rebel against His Kingship
Voting doesn’t enter the picture. It’s either His way or the highway. Either He rules my life—I mean really rules all of it 24/7—or else I rule it, in which case I am rebelling against His Kingship. If Jesus rules my life 24/7, my voting will be determined by Him.
In today’s permissive and entitlement society, this concept is not often grasped. There is a lot of church going on but not much new life. We still behave as if we get to vote on who we want to rule, and we vote for whoever gives us the most toys.
If I truly submit to Jesus as my King, I don’t want the most toys. I don’t want what I think is fun and games and easy living. I want what the Lord wants. He makes His will lucid in His Word, the Bible. I do want His will in my life, so I look forward every day to spending time alone with Jesus and the Bible.
Oh, I far too often do my own will. I much too frequently disobey His Word. But I don’t think it is okay! I turn to Him and confess my sins, asking Him to forgive me (cf., 1 John 1:9). Then with hands clean and heart pure because of His grace, I press forward toward the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
No, I wouldn’t want our government to be a monarchy over what it is at present. But I would love for it to be the absolute monarchy of the Lord Jesus Christ. It will be during the Millennium. Until then I guess I have to play the Tweedledum and Tweedledee game a while longer.
Soon He will call me home and I won’t have to play it anymore. What a glorious future awaits the child of God!
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Exodus: Volume 2 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
Politics is overrun with opportunism. Elected officials are mostly opportunists because that’s the only way to get elected! The electorate, you see, vote for whoever gives out the most toys. This boils down to voting for the person who promises me the most, the candidate I believe will benefit me more than the others.
But where is principle in that approach? Ah, that puts the finger on the real issue right there, doesn’t it. Am I truly a principled person? Do I do what is right because it is right, or do machinate and wangle to seize what I think I deserve? What kind of person am I?
Do I examine the candidates and determine who I’ll cast my vote for based on their positions? Do I choose positions based on my own personal agenda, or do I choose based on the Lord’s agenda? Does the Word of God rule me come election time, or do I vote to receive personal favors?
Jesus Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords, not the President of the United States. I cannot vote Him out of office if He doesn’t give me my way. There are only two choices I can make in relating to Jesus:
1. submit to Him as my King
2. rebel against His Kingship
Voting doesn’t enter the picture. It’s either His way or the highway. Either He rules my life—I mean really rules all of it 24/7—or else I rule it, in which case I am rebelling against His Kingship. If Jesus rules my life 24/7, my voting will be determined by Him.
In today’s permissive and entitlement society, this concept is not often grasped. There is a lot of church going on but not much new life. We still behave as if we get to vote on who we want to rule, and we vote for whoever gives us the most toys.
If I truly submit to Jesus as my King, I don’t want the most toys. I don’t want what I think is fun and games and easy living. I want what the Lord wants. He makes His will lucid in His Word, the Bible. I do want His will in my life, so I look forward every day to spending time alone with Jesus and the Bible.
Oh, I far too often do my own will. I much too frequently disobey His Word. But I don’t think it is okay! I turn to Him and confess my sins, asking Him to forgive me (cf., 1 John 1:9). Then with hands clean and heart pure because of His grace, I press forward toward the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
No, I wouldn’t want our government to be a monarchy over what it is at present. But I would love for it to be the absolute monarchy of the Lord Jesus Christ. It will be during the Millennium. Until then I guess I have to play the Tweedledum and Tweedledee game a while longer.
Soon He will call me home and I won’t have to play it anymore. What a glorious future awaits the child of God!
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Exodus: Volume 2 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
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