Posted by
DHope on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:15:01 PM
It's a rhetorical question, and you certainly may never have thought of the two having anything in common but I do. I have talked to many people who have told me that they don't vote because it is God who puts in power those He would have and they don't want to oppose God. While I agree God has the final say in who rules within the kingdoms of men, I don't think it removes from us our civil duty to vote.
We pay taxes, even though we know our taxes go for things God condemns, yet it is God who commands us to pay taxes. We pray for those who are our elected leaders even though we know they oppose many things taught by Christianity, yet it is God who commands us to pray for them. It may seem inconsistent to us, but were not God.
So, how is it that voting is like praying? If you pray for something and God says "no" does it violate the will of God? If it does then Jesus violated the will of God.
In that respect voting is like praying, we vote for who we want but if God says no, we have not violated His will, he has just said, "no."
One other thing, Christians should not delude themselves into thinking that if every form of Christianity voted exactly the same we could somehow get everything we want. Influence yes, but the powers that be as well as ourselves are still subject to a sovereign God.