THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." (Hebrews 12:3, NIV)
Recently I experienced the blessing of participating in a short-term mission trip to the country of Romania. Though free of communist rule for about 10 years now, Christians still experience subtle, devious persecutions. One church that became my living example of staying focused on Christ and enduring opposition was a church that had it’s property deed seized by come corrupt government officials a few years ago. As a result, that group of saints was thrown out of their building and told that they must, "sue the state" if they wanted their building returned. But that little group of believers refused to give up. They continued to meet, found another building, and today, even have a sister church in another village. Praise God for their willingness to continue walking with Jesus and endure in the face of sinful men.
We are at a vulnerable crossroads in our nation today. While we don’t have government officials kicking Christians out of their places of worship (yet), we do experience a subtle, devious form of persecution in our schools. Often times, if students speak out about their Christian beliefs, they end up experiencing negative consequences that range from a poor grade to expulsion. The only way we are going to stop this madness is to begin to vote leaders into our government who are willing to stand up for family values, morality, and interpret the Constitution rather than try to rewrite to suite their own wicked, liberal agendas. We need leaders who will do what’s in the best interest of the people of America, not the best interest of gaining another term in their political office. We must weigh all the choices very carefully as we approach our primaries. The media is all too willing to try to tell us how to vote; again, to suite their own liberal agenda. We need to take charge, do the research, and put someone in office who will work for the good of our country and our future generations. The future of our nation is up to us. And I personally believe that Mike Huckabee is this nation’s best hope of America being restored to the economically healthy, great nation that we use to be. He is a moral man who loves God, loves this country, and desires to see families restored, traditional family values protected, and TRUE freedom of religion – even for Christians.
I hope and pray that moral and religious freedom and our economy will never get as out-of-control here as it once did in Romania and as it still is in the Muslim and communist nations. Especially when we the people have the power to ensure that this never happens here. But if we are going to be proactive about it, we MUST exercise our right to vote and put leaders in place who are going to work with us – not against us.
