A change on election day

So, it's happened. Some Republican's worst fear. The Democrats rule the House, and the Senate is still up. What does it mean?

A year ago, even a few months ago, I would have been scared spitless. Though I don't agree 100% with either party, I agree with the Republican party on bigger moral issues. And now, the Democrats have taken over. I hope that during the Presidential Election in a few years another Republican is voted into Office. That's what I hope and pray.

But what if it doesn't happen? What if this country continues to trapse down the worldly path of radical liberalism and extreme tolerance? One day in the future, whether sooner or later, America will predominantly be a nation of tolerance--of all acts, habits, customs, religions, views, etc. Except, most likely, of Christianity. Recall to yourself that the name of Jesus Christ is offensive.

Are you afraid? Does your hope rest in the government? Does it rest in the idea that "the majority of people will vote what is best for the majority?" Does it rest in your own political beliefs/worldview/religious ideas? Of course, to some degree, our hope rests in SOMETHING. But if your hope rests in "America," I believe you are going to be disappointed quickly, if not already. If your hope rests in the U.N., you're going to be disappointed. If your hope rests in Taiwan, or South Korea, or Mexico, you're going to be disappointed.

Do you get it? If you are a Christian reading my blog, HAVE NO FEAR. What is happening around us is EXACTLY what is going to happen. IS happening. We are not called of this world but of the Lord Jesus Christ, to be his witnesses to a degraded, tolerant nation, and to a radical, zealous world. Called to love the people who agree with us AND the people who voted against us.

Don't get me wrong, I am proud to be an American. At least, at this point I am. I'm not proud of many things that the American government (which IS elected by the people) has done (and thus I am not proud of many things that the American people have done), but there may come a day when all is stripped away. What am I then? If my faith is shaken now, when life is still easy in America, what will it be like when the real tribulation comes? God is our ROCK! He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! He is LORD of all...and as He says COUNTLESS times over, "Do not fear, for I am with you." Jesus has overcome the world.

"Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight." Our wisdom must be from the Lord, and thus, Biblically-based.