Well, ironically the time has changed. I enjoy this exquisite extra hour that came at the cost of tricking my body for the last 6 or so months. I say ironically because the "times" have changed also around us. Who could believe the things we've seen and heard in recent times just a few years ago. It's a refrain we keep hearing and saying ourselves for the last decade it seems.
With this extra hour, I felt moved to post this morning a couple days ahead of Election Day (Nov 5) for those of us in the USA.
Because it is important, I will set aside my rule on politics for my blog for the time being, not so much to discuss this or that candidate for the most part, but more to the importance of voting this time around and not abstaining.
The dilemma of our time as Christians and our conscience has come to be whether to vote or not. I understand and respect both sides of this issue.
For me, I see voting as part of Paul's mandate in Romans 13 to respecting the governing authority in the country you sojourn in. Paul had a dual citizenship, and he used it to God's advantage.
Since in the USA, the way it is supposed to be as a republic, is "government by consent of the governed".
This consent requires voting.
I am first and foremost a Christian. God is first in all things, then family, then country. I am a constitutionalist by reason and by nature, believing in individual rights and that government should be limited, and limited by constitutional law.
Now granted, the USA has severely lost her way and slid way down the hill from its founding, and much of this government is corrupt beyond all imagination.
Will I let this interfere with my heart felt obligation?
Nope. I am not stopped by the dilemma of choosing the lesser of two evils. I will be comfortable in the action I took with the privilege I was given.
Now, I'm not a fan boy of Trump. I'm not a MAGA cultist. I don't see Trump as a messiah. I already know the One in whom I am Redeemed. I am voting for the capable and competent leader of a large and powerful nation. The nation I live in while I wait for His return.
I cannot and will not vote Kamala at all, and the reasons should be very self-explanatory.
And while I resent the "Deal of the Century" two-state (Zech 12 dilemma) solution, and the Abraham Accords (One-world Religion), and the hoax and fast track of the Covid Vaxx which are all hallmarks among others, of Trump's first presidency, I also understand Prophecy, and that what is written will come to pass as written.
I also understand that God places leaders and takes them down also.
I have come to realize my vote, as a little part of His larger will for the USA.
I've also come to realize the last 7 years is a notice for the USA in terms of the Aleph-Tav eclipses, is very remindful of Nineveh and Jonah and their eclipse.
Like Nineveh, I do think there is a possibility for a respite, before the final downfall of the USA which I believe is covered in Jer 50 & 51.
Am I certain of this? No. But I am hopeful. In the end it is God's will, that will reign.
I do know that I must try, for the sake of this country, for the sake of what I believe, and for the sake of that one-more for the Gospel, to add my voice, and make a choice.
Standing back, and staying silent, is not an option.
Spiritually, we are supposed to do all to stand, and having done so, Stand Firm then...
I believe this extends to the very physical, practical, and intellectual world as well.
May God bless you and give you peace in these very perilous times that have come. Pray for discernment, pray for wisdom, pray for peace. Above all, pray for everything.
Grace and Peace to you in our Lord Jesus Christ, God in the flesh!
