“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew 6:19-21)The months leading up to a Presidential Election are quite the spectacle in this country. There is no doubt that most of us see exactly what the "spin-doctors" intend for us to see. Images are created and sold that can both inspire and disgust. Votes will be cast based on some promises that are never intended to be kept and other promises that are simply impossible to keep. The American Public is convinced every 4 years that The Executive Branch of the United States Government will most certainly change the world and make their lives better.
Much of the Campaign is simply theater but if we read between the lines, and really look at what drives the decision of who will win the title of President of the United States, it is not just the candidates who need to be under the microscope of our incessant scrutiny. We don't need to worry only about the media who is so obviously biased at this point that they do not even defend themselves anymore.
The most sobering fact that this Presidential Race is revealing is the heart of this nation and these last few weeks have illuminated who is on the throne of this nation's heart. This is the most important issue that a Presidential Election reveals.
Oh we can cry out with nationalistic fervor and patriotism, proclaiming that we are a Christian nation, founded on godly principles and the tenets of scripture. We can decry the audacity of one of the candidates who said we are no longer a Christian nation.
We can fly flags and organize boycotts and do e-mail campaigns. We can talk of past associations and voting records, experience and lack of. We can listen to stump speeches and debates and analyze and argue, but the real heart of this nation is starting to be unveiled and this is what we need to face.
As the economic house of cards begins to quickly crumble, all other issues, opinions and convictions seem to have taken the back burner. The primary concern on the minds and hearts of Americans is now money...and more specifically, personal finances. When will this mess get straight? Who can do it? How much will this cost me???
I am not suggesting that this matter does not deserve serious attention but keep in mind that both of the candidates are US Senators. We pay them to make decisions and manage the US Government and they have apparently been unable to keep this collapse from happening. Why do we think they will suddenly have all the answers if they reside in the White House? I do not believe we can correct this problem through the Presidential Election but enough lies have been believed and enough media support has been given that one of the candidates seems to be viewed as the savior.
It was exciting enough that he would bring peace and harmony to the whole world as he spoke so eloquently in Berlin, but now it has become personal to us...serious...financial. And he is being perceived as the one man to fix our economy.
Never mind that his plan includes higher taxes and socialism, which has never worked in the history of the world. Never mind that he or any other President will have NO money to work with. Never mind that the Executive Branch of Government plays only one part in the financial well being of this country anyway. Wisdom no longer matters.
In our desperate lust to hold on to our standards of living we will be convinced to hope in "the one" who can make the change.
We will throw out reason and conviction. We will follow Barbara Streisand and Michael Moore and Oprah all of the other "brilliant" celebrities that have such passion and knowledge about world leadership.
We will invite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez and Kim Jong Ill to sit down and chat about their hatred for all things related to America and Israel. We will listen to other celebrities who have gone even further in the radical support of the murder of the unborn.
We will believe the lie that protecting the most innocent of all is a "violation of a women's privacy." We will laugh at virtue and honor and openly ridicule faith in the One True God who alone has made and preserved this nation.
We will approve and applaud the abomination of homosexuality, granting the homosexual even the right to parade their perversity down our streets. We will teach our children that this is right and good and that anyone who does not agree is hateful and ignorant. We will no longer care about the God of our fathers. His word has no more credence to us. It is irrelevant.
We will blindly and stupidly buy what we are being sold. This country will sell its soul and vote for the man who we choose to believe will give us money. This election will prove which master we serve. Jesus said:
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. (Matthew 6:24)
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