I laughed a little reading today's Bible Reading Plan! Psalm 120:1-2:
1 [IN MY distress I cried to the Lord, and He answered me. 2 Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
Now don't tell me you're not feeling this way about all of the election calls and flyers you've been getting! The only thing I've noticed about this election over any other I've been involved in is that the lies are pretty much coming from one side! The choice, for Bible believing Christians, is clearer than any other election in history! Have YOU voted, or at least registered to be able to vote next Tuesday? It is our great privilege and awesome responsibility to pray and vote in this country of great freedom, so that that freedom to preach the Gospel is not lost! If you are NOT going to vote, then YOU should have been born in a nation where you COULDN'T! Do you think that this is too harsh? It is NOT! To whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48b), and WE are required to preserve what God has given to us! Part of that responsibility is prayer. This will involve prayer in the Spirit and prayer in our known language, which will be prayer according to God's Word. We see this promise in 1 John 5:14-15:
14 And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. 15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.
So, what should we be doing concerning the elections in this last week? We should be sharing the Truth as we know it, praying over the elections and specifically for the candidate that represents Godly principles, and then VOTE! I have already voted, so I will continue to do the first things! How about YOU? Here to encourage you is Carman with "We Need God In America Again":
Shalom in Him!
