Elections Matter

James 4:17 - Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

I am going to vote in the presidential election as soon as I receive my ballot. The candidate I plan to vote for isn’t my favorite. But the consequences of the other major candidate winning this election are dire.

As Christians I think there is often an unwillingness to participate in elections, preferring instead to leave the results to God. But if Christians don’t vote, we will have to live with the consequences of our inaction - and this attitude is not Biblical.

The message we heard on a Sunday several weeks ago - from Joshua 3 spoke to this. One of the lessons was to stand up and be bold! Another lesson from that chapter was that we can’t expect God’s blessings if we don’t take action. God didn’t part the Jordan River until the priests stepped into it and got their feet wet. He expects us to stand up for those who can’t defend themselves and to call a turn when our leaders are engaging in open sin and rebellion against God.

We can’t expect God to continue blessing America when we elect leaders who directly oppose His laws and actively work to implement laws that protect sinful behaviors (like the wholesale murder of unborn babies; not holding criminals responsible for the crimes they commit; teaching woke ideology and revisionist history in our public schools; encouraging children (with or without parental involvement) to undergo permanent changes to their bodies in an effort to change their God-given gender; allowing millions of people to flood in to America illegally and then expecting taxpayers to support them by giving them free housing, education, medical care, etc.).

I can’t sit back and do nothing. We as Christians have done that for far too long and the toll that has taken on society is evident everywhere you look. The very least I can do is exercise my right as an American to vote and to do my best to elect a candidate who will preserve our freedoms, maintain our support for Israel, prioritize the best interests of our Country over providing foreign aid, etc.

I don’t agree with everything my chosen candidate stands for and if I’m honest, I would have preferred a different nominee. But God doesn’t ask us to choose perfect leaders - there has never been a perfect leader in the history of humanity save Adam before the Fall and Jesus who came as a servant.

Please vote. It’s important and your vote DOES matter - even in Washington State.