Think About It!

Good Morning,

A friend of mine Pastor Joe Fuiten from Ceder Park Assembly wrote this intriging thought to pastors in our network concerning the election. I thought it was worth posting today.

Some good people both won and lost Tuesday. Same for some not so good ones. That's politics. While I wish more good people had won, what really is paining me since the election is the rejection of God and his counsel. Our coins say "In God We Trust" but voters said otherwise.

The prominence given to abortion as a test for politicians and the gay marriage votes made it very clear this election was about biblical ideas. Democrats thoroughly rejected those ideas. They were joined by too many Republicans.

The campaign raised abortion and gay marriage as issues and asked if we wanted Barabbas or Jesus.

• We chose Barabbas.

The campaign contrasted government with God. Who would provide for a safe, free, and prosperous future?

• We chose government.

The offer of Galatians 5:1 of liberty in Christ or bondage was answered in favor of bondage: For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

On Thursday morning I spoke for our Cedar Park Christian Elementary Veteran's Day Chapel. The kids put together packages for soldiers and their families for Christmas as they have done for the last ten years with the "Spirit of Christmas" effort. The children saluted a soldier as they handed in their packages. I spoke of sacrifices of generations passed, now buried beneath crosses in military cemeteries all over the world. I reminded the children of President Roosevelt's prayer, broadcast all over America, where he publicly prayed over the launch of D-Day which he said was to defend "our religion."

So many served and died for "God and Country" because the two were connected in the hearts of Americans. What was made clear in this election is that the two are no longer connected! Truthfully, it has been less and less true every year, but the vote took it to a new level. It was an open choice that made it official and verifiable.

The separation of God and Country is what is bothering me.

For all time people have messed up marriage, but at least they knew they were failing to live up to what God intended. Now they have voted to replace God with their own ideas of marriage. It's a perfect picture of how America views God these days. They don't want him around and for sure they don't want his ideas encroaching on their enlightened ways.

They think they can solve the economic problems by printing money or clever ideas. They forget that Jesus taught us to pray "give us this day our daily bread" and not to be anxious. They forget that Jesus said the earth itself would signal the end like "birth pains" so they are going to heal those pains.

We have raised four kids. Part of the reason I was working so hard in the elementary chapel was because we have several grand kids in that chapel. We also have a tradition of serving for "God and country."

If our country forces "God" out, there will only be "country" left.

Even worse, if God leaves through the door we are showing him, how long will it be before there is no "country" left.