This is a big topic, but a short post.
It comes down to three things: Trust God. Make a choice. Act.
You can apply this to anything. Need to lose weight? Trust that God has given you the will and spirit of an overcomer, make the choice to outrun your fork, and act on it consistently. This formula works.
For me, this week it’s about my concern for our country and its citizens, including my boys.
Trust God
Last night I watched the election results come in, and frankly, I felt disappointed and unsettled about my country. I believe we are living through a moral and spiritual blindness.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.” — Isaiah 5:20
Even in my disappointment, I trust the Bible and my Savior. I know He is sovereign, and that this world’s governments are a necessary evil that will never be perfect. I also feel a moral responsibility as a citizen of a nation founded by Christians on Christian values to do my part to spread hope and light.
“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” — John 3:17
Make a Choice
The choice is whether to sit on the sidelines as a follower or step up as a leader.
Some of the races lost to radicals and heretics were lost because the other candidate wasn’t strong either. We need Christians with integrity to step into those roles, or to support Christian conservative candidates who will.
I’ve never been happy on the sidelines. I much prefer to be the man in the arena. My mission in this world is to serve, live a Christian life, raise Christian boys, vote and spread the truth. I will work to do that. Relationships are my main way to do it, and social media and the internet will have to reach the rest.
My choice is to do whatever small part I can: to be heard, and not to go silently into the abyss of nonsense and darkness. What if the Founding Fathers had sat on the sidelines?
Act
Acting means boldness, putting yourself out there, creating opportunities that don’t exist yet, and taking them when they appear. It means not staying quiet. It means speaking up for what is good and righteous and letting your voice be heard. Someday it might even mean running for office.
John F. Kennedy said it best: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
If America is going to know peace, love, civility and justice, people will need to open their eyes and fix them on the things of God. It starts with one clean heart at a time, and it can start with yours.
— Robin