Rubber Necking Politics
Well, here we are - the day after the Presidential Election of 2016. I bet many people today are saying “Wow”! Who would have known that Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States. Now, I’m not here to start ranting about what will and will not happen in the next four years. Or buying and storing extra rations for the apocolypse to happen. I’m glad that this election is over.
I’m actually tired of the blogs, television networks, my fellow colleagues in the ministry, and even my own family telling me to vote a certain way. People who I respect, more Godly, and a lot more intelligent will look at this blog (if they do) and say this or that about my outlook. They’ll say it’s “too simple” or “What’s wrong with you?!”
Do you know what “rubber necking” is? It’s when you’re driving, and you see an accident or a police car that had pulled over a vehicle. Traffic slows down, some people take pictures with their phones, but most just want to see what’s going on. I think, and this is my opinion, many Christians, churches, and pastors have been doing this “rubber necking politics” for the past year. We've been roasting other Christians and Christian leaders for their rationale why we should support a certain candidate, and it’s led to a lot of discouraging and nasty comments from fellow believers themselves. Whatever happens, it’s in the sovereignty of God.
It’s good to be informed of the candidates and their policies and to know what’s going to happen in the country that my family & I live in, but it’s another thing to be so caught up in something that won’t make a scratch in eternity. Yeah, yeah, I know, too simplistic. Jesus says in Mark 12:17 “...to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to give to God what is God’s...”
The Jews wanted Jesus to be the Political Messiah to free them from the Romans and to make “Israel Great Again”, but Jesus saw what was most important was for people to “repent and come back into the Kingdom of God”. Their eternal destination, their soul preservation in the presence of God was the most important, the most dire thing that Jesus wanted to do. As Christians, isn’t that our most important duty to share the Gospel and make disciples of Jesus Christ (Matt. 28) and not to lose our focus of our purpose for the Gospel’s sake?
Probably in the next few days, weeks, and months there will be a lot of Christian leaders coming out to still complain or support Mr. Trump. Let’s remember to pray for our leadership in this country - all branches of the government and to have faith in God who is in control. Like all police say at an accident, “Let’s move along people”. Let’s move, and put our trust in the One who loves and cares for us all the way to death and back.