As most of you know this year is election year. For those who are staunch republicans, I sure many of you have been watching the GOP primaries, debates, and news about the candidates closely. There seems to be more at stake in our nation than ever before. We seem to be at such an important cross roads where so many good and bad things could happen by the decisions our leaders make in Washington. I think most would agree that this is no ordinary election. Who wins and what they believe matters.
I have tried very hard this year to learn about the GOP candidates and even the president. I believe it is important to vote and to be informed. I have to say though I have been greatly discouraged by the candidates I have to choose from. This GOP race and presidential election have a line from Courageous running through my head saying, "Where are you men of courage?"
What happen to the men of character? The men who believed in their country and stood solidly in their belief of Jesus. Where are the men who are connected to all the people of our nation not just the rich or the poor? Where are the men who have lived the life of the average American and the men who understand the true needs of the people? Where are the men who are not owned by the many interest groups of the world but live with integrity and are willing to go against the grain for their convictions?
All of these questions are on my heart when I look at the current political landscape of our country but also as I look at the religious landscape. I believe that the movie, Courageous, is both timely and an essential must see in today's climate. We live in a world that is reaping the results of cowardly and absent men. We are living in a world where the devoutly Christian man with integrity, honor, passion, and fervor seems to be an endangered species. I am afraid until we regain these Courageous men in our areas of leadership that the world will continue this downward spiral.
I pray that courageous and honorable men would stand up and fight for position in the world again. I pray that they would fill our congress, statehouses, and churches. I pray there would be a revival and change in this world for Jesus. I pray that we would learn to live and work in unity again under Jesus Christ's reign. I pray that the devil's grip on this nation would be destroyed and fall away.
Please take this blog post exactly as it is. Not as a political argument. Not as something meant for confrontation or judgment. Not as something to disparage our country. This post is simply the cry of my heart for a leader I can depend on and believe in. A desire for men I can be proud of as leaders of our country. My prayer is that we would become one nation under the one and only Christian God again. My prayer is that we would receive the blessing of God again and be a blessing for God to the world. This is my desire, hearts cry, and prayers.
1 Timothy 3:1-4, "The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,"
Blessings,
Greg
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