The primaries are coming to California! Super Tuesday is less than a week away. Polls, pundits, and predictions abound everywhere. Who do we vote for? Who can we trust? We listen to the speeches, the promises, the “politicking,” and wonder. As I talk to friends, relatives, even strangers in line behind me in the check out lane, it strikes me that who we favor has much to do with what we fear. We fear enemy attack and favor strong military candidates.
We fear economy plunge and favor strong economic package candidates.
We fear women and favor men.
We fear men and favor a woman.
And on and on and on…
But where is our hope? God tells us in Isaiah 49:23 that “those who hope in me will not be disappointed.” David, the great King of Israel wrote,
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
(Psalm 27:1)
ONLY God can be our true Protector and Provider. As we consider casting our vote next Tuesday, let’s NOT be driven by fear, but by hope and prayer, and vote for the man or woman whom we believe best represents God's purposes for our time.
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
(Psalm 27:1)
ONLY God can be our true Protector and Provider. As we consider casting our vote next Tuesday, let’s NOT be driven by fear, but by hope and prayer, and vote for the man or woman whom we believe best represents God's purposes for our time.
Check out the link to this week's book suggestion: God's Politics, Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It by Jim Wallis.
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