Today is Election Day and I consider it a duty and a privilege to have a voice in our country's leadership. Don and I were watching a program the other night about the Green Bay Packers. Did you know (you probably did!) that that NFL team is owned by the fans? Prior to a 2011 stock offering, 112,158 stockholders owned over 4 million shares in the team. The report showed the "owners" shoveling snow off the seats prior to a game. I love that they are a community working together for the common good.
We are the "owners" of our country...we get to elect those who represent us. My prayer this morning was that those we elect will "act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with their God". It is our responsibility to vote for those we believe will uphold Biblical values. As Chuck Colson says: "we do have a right to a place at the table".
Micah was writing to the people of Israel to remind them that God wants ethical living for His people. He goes on in Chapter 6 to chastise them for their cheating, violence and deceit...sounds way too familiar! Do you doubt that justice, mercy and humility are what He still wants for His people? His word is as true today as it was in 700 B.C.
Don recently preached a sermon where he said something like: "tomorrow [Wednesday, 11/7] when we wake up, as Christians we will still have the same assignment regardless of who is elected. That assignment is to be on our knees for our nation and to entrust a holy God with every part of it."
I voted...I hope you did!
For further study: 2 Chron. 7:14, Psalm 37:28, Proverbs 11:2, Isaiah 61:8, Hosea 6:6, Phil. 2:3, Titus 3:2, James 2:12-13, 1 Peter 5:6
Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.
Love,
Holly
