State of the Union

If my email inbox is an indicator I think the election results have put Christians in an absolute panic. Some express concerns that are real and reasonably presented... but most border on hysteria. I got one today that assured me that we would never again be allowed to rally against abortion... another promised Christians were going to be blacklisted by the government. One Subject line says, "Death of a Nation" Here's a quote from another, "Please join me TOMORROW in celebrating, perhaps for the last time in the history of this nation, National Sanctity of Human Life Day. With the incoming administration, and their liberal hopes and plans for this country, this will probably be the last time we will have the freedom to celebrate this day. "

Most are somewhere in between those... a pessimistic, fearful response to our current cultural and politicaly climate.

There are real concerns about what may be coming in the current administration... but there always is!!! The world is not coming to an end... God was not caught off guard... his end time plans were not set back... and God doesn't secretly love Republicans more than Democrats. The current state of our country and culture should not in any way affect what we do as Christians... we should get up every morning and ask, "What would you have me do today, Lord" Christians have been doing that for centuries... sometimes in much more pagan cultures than ours! The church has survived and often thrived under every type of governmental system... democracy, socialist, communist... don't blame the government for the church's woes.

Where sin abounds there grace much more abounds... we are sitting on a supernatural powder keg... God's grace is set to be poured out if we will have the faith to trust him in these times.