True salvation or cultural renewal comes not through our actions but through our rest in God and quietness before Him: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength” (Isaiah 30:15). You are not likely to see a Christian political organization advocating for “rest” and “quietness”; it makes for an uninspiring (and, therefore, inefficient!) fundraising campaign. But it is what we are called to. The Christian who rests in God is not inert. They still obey the command to do justice, but they act in stillness, knowing that it is God who sustains and
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