Wake-Up Call

I’ve been very passionate about the election. 

I’ve had strong opinions about the candidates—and my opinions have changed and re-changed as accusations and videos and emails have dropped like so many bricks.

I’ve been upset and anxious and…I hate to admit, faithless. 

Until recently.

At some point in the past couple of weeks I couldn’t stand it any longer.

I had to let it go.

I woke in the night and prayed…night after night.

And peace has covered my anxious heart.

Peace and a humbling conviction.

The words that come to mind as I pray are…

Be bold.

As I’ve pondered and sought answers I’ve discovered that we are in this predicament due to our own complacency. 

We dropped the ball.

We shrugged our shoulders at depravity.

We winked at sin.

We have listened to false teaching.

We have looked upon ugliness.

And then we have the audacity to ask for favor in this election.

Now that we find ourselves facing the consequences of our negligence, we ask God to save us?

That’s one kind of bold, I suppose.

Brazen is the word I would use.

God doesn’t owe us the president of our choice. 

He gave us this incredible country founded by men of faith and principle.

Maintained by bravery and ultimate sacrifice. 

We’ve let it rot.

This election is what’s known as a wake-up call.

Wake up, Christian!

Stand up!

Buck up!

No matter what the outcome of the election is, we have to get busy with the work we were put here to do.

We have to stand up for righteousness. 

Tell the truth, even when it’s not easy.

Love with grace.

And…be bold.

2 Peter 3:8-12

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:  With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.  The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.  He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.  The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?  You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.

It doesn’t matter who wins the election. 

What matters is what we’re doing to share God’s saving grace with the lost.

Our country did not end up in this condition because we were actively doing God’s work. 

We fell asleep on the job.

I fell asleep on the job.

I’m awake now. 

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