What would Jesus do about the approaching election? He’d vote…just like I’m convinced Jesus would pay his taxes…because that is part of the organizational system our Heavenly Father has created. Express your faith and your conviction and vote…and when you vote remember to vote values first…not economics.
Do you not understand, what God is really concerned about is the heart of the leader and not the promises candidates make to the people? Promises are made and broken all the time. We need to be concerned about the heart of candidates. Does not Proverbs 23:7 tells us to beware of he who is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. In other words, if you want to know what people really are like, forget about what they say. Words and promises made when cameras are rolling, lights flashing and throngs of supporters cheering are parsimonious or cheap. Look at what a person’s heart is like. Look at their actions over the long haul.
Let us hear what Jesus says in Luke 6:45. “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”
Every elected official should be scrutinized, because we are placing them in an office or position of trust…where the potential for helping or hurting people and our nation is great. It is your God given right and responsibility to vote. But when you vote, you make sure that values, not economics, shapes your vote.
Thomas Jefferson once said: “The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion in the world that deals with the heart.”
To those reading this post; God is always concerned with the heart. And by the way, never forget, that our financial needs are already covered by God. Jesus said in Matthew 6:33, that if we “but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things (the shirt on your back, the shoes on your feet, the food you eat…) will be given to you as well.”
Parenthetically speaking, I do not need a candidate telling me he or she is going to take care of me…if I really believe what the Bible says. And if I have a choice between what a political candidate promises and what God promises, I’ll always choose God. We can trust God to take care of us…can we not?
Allow me to share a few final comments. When it comes to choosing a candidate, vote biblical principles not political party. You see, our ultimate allegiance should not be to any political party. It should belong to God. Let me ask you, “Do you think God is a Democrat or a Republican?” Is He not bigger than any political party? Do you believe that? If the answer is yes, do not let media commentators or movie producers or Hollywood personalities or friends or family members ultimately influence the way you vote. God and His word should have ultimate sway in that matter. You see, if He is Lord of all, doesn’t that mean God should be Lord when it comes to which button we push in a voting booth?
The problem we all face is trying to find out which candidate God would have us vote for. That’s why every believer ought to research the candidates. Watch the debates. Listen to what they say. Read and look on line for voter guides, which indicate what their past actions were concerning issues that are important to God. See where they stand.
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