A friend sent me a note reminding me to “Vote for… [name omitted].”
The truth is that my friend and I are voting for different candidates in this election. So was he pulling my chain in telling me who to vote for?
Yes. But, actually he didn’t name a candidate. He said, “Vote for [someone not on the ballot]…
On this my friend and I agree. The most important vote any of us cast today will not be for the President and Vice-President of the United States. Our most important vote will in the spirit of what Jesus meant when he said, “give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s” (Matt 21:22).
The vote we cast for “the King of our heart” is one that we will need to make over and over again today.
I realize some will think that spiritualizing in the face of national destiny is nonsense. Others could add, “Talking about voting for Christ is insulting to him. He isn’t running for office. He is the King, and doesn’t need to be elected. The last thing we need to do is think we need to stuff the ballot box for him.”
Yes, but the amazing thing is that this almighty Sovereign of the Universe has given us a privilege we don’t deserve. He is letting us choose or reject him today. Whether or not we have accepted him personally as our Savior, we still will decide repeatedly today whether to breathe a prayer like, “Please fill me with your Spirit today.” “Let your will be done in me as it is in heaven.”
As important as this national election may or may not be, nothing is more important today than whether or not we “vote for Christ” … which is what my friend actually said.
Whether we find this thought provocative or not, I’m convinced that all followers of Christ will have another opportunity to show whether we are in the process of giving Christ our heart again today– by the words we speak, by the thoughts we think, and by the attitudes we express– as we see our candidate win or lose.
Even though we are indebted to leaders who do what they can to serve the public interest, the Bible urges–“Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there. When their breathing stops, they return to the earth, and in a moment all their plans come to an end. But happy are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the LORD their God. He is the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He is the one who keeps every promise forever… (Psalm 146:3-6).
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