Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2
Many Americans, including a great numbers of Christians, get burned up when it comes to politics and politicians. Many more are tired of being burned up and are now burned out.
Many Christians either do not know how to vote in November, or see no point in voting at all. After all, it is not difficult to find serious fault with both presidential candidates and with both parties. I received an encouraging word from a dear friend about this dilemma. He said, “Take the names and personas of Donald Trump and Joseph Biden out of the equation. Examine your own values and world view, and vote for the persons and party that most closely resembles those values.”
Dear Christian friends, I pray that I am “preaching to the choir” by what I am abut to say, but if not, as followers of Christ, by voting we have an opportunity to make a difference as salt in this rotting and putrefying world by voting. And how shall we vote? How can we as believers vote for people or for the party that vehemently affirms the following:
The exclusion of God and the Bible from public discourse.
The affirmation and even promotion of murdering millions of babies while in their mothers’ wombs?
The promotion and even celebration of the LGBTQ+ agenda?
Politics based on race which divide rather than unite our nation?
Affirmation of atheistic Marxism that is responsible for the persecution of untold numbers of Christians, and for 100 million deaths in the 20th Century? (Socialism is touted by the leaders of that party, and Marxism is what BLM is actually about.)
Politics aside, these are moral issues that are biblically indefensible. Don’t worry about the fact that neither candidate or party is less than godly. Vote for candidates and the party that more closely resembled a biblical worldview.
We need to look past the candidates. We are not voting for people as much as we are voting for policies.
What about the fear that our votes do not matter? Next time…