Decide now what you will do if
your candidate wins the election. What will you do to heal the divided hearts in your community or your family? Many people have hurt each other. What will you do next?
your candidate wins the election. What will you do to heal the divided hearts in your community or your family? Many people have hurt each other. What will you do next?
But more importantly, you should decide now what you will do if your candidate loses. Will you vilify and demonize the winner? Will you tell everyone that all hope is gone? After some previous election, maybe four or eight years ago, you said you were shocked-- simply shocked!-- at the harsh anger of your opponents when they lost. Will you express the same type of anger this year if your candidate loses?
And for my Christian friends in America: By now you should realize that there are true Christian believers who have considered the issues, weighed the merits, and reached conclusions that are the complete opposite of yours. Is it even possible to be a Christian and look at certain issues differently than you do? It is.
Therefore, decide now how you will speak about your fellow Christians, those in the brotherhood of faith. Be careful! If you look across the political aisle and call them morons and idiots and fools, God the Judge is at the door (James 5:9). He hears your grumbling words and your loud accusations against your brethren, and He will not take them lightly.
The time is long past for Christians in America to raise their sights to a point higher than the White House, higher than Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court. If you are a follower of Jesus and yet you feel heartbroken, angry, or afraid because your guy loses on Election Day, then lift your eyes higher! There remains another kingdom which cannot be shaken! Raise your voice and cry out, “Lead on, Almighty Lord! There remains a path ahead! My soul, hope in God, who is the strength of your life.”
It’s one thing, my Christian friends, to have opinions about political philosophies and economic strategies. It’s another thing to defend them as if we are defending our faith. The followers of Jesus have flourished for centuries in every sort of culture and condition. Whether your guy wins or loses on Election Day, let this be the moment when your faith finally rises higher than your politics, when your roots finally break through the substrate of this temporary soil to find their nourishment in Christ alone.
Here in America, Tuesday is Election Day, and we need to decide now how we are going to act on Wednesday.
