I wish this presidential election was between a true Democrat and Republican. Then it would be United States business as usual, with the checks and balances of history continuing to keep us somewhere in the middle of the road of strength and prosperity of personal responsibility, embedded in a culture of freedom of faith.
But there is a most chilling undercurrent.
A bank of Middle Eastern countries is poised to become a united conglomerate of Islam, perhaps even the United States of Islam. That unity will produce a superpower of anger and demand that is the polar opposite of our superpower status.
Please press the pause button on your eagerness to jump into this scenario.
Our superpower status is based on a peculiar freedom: our leaders don't randomly kill our citizens, there is no affront for worshiping the God that came to earth as Jesus, and we are free to come and go, marry and start a family, work where we please, and teach our children as we see fit. Our government of the last 200+ years does not rage at the denigration of symbols and persons tied to a particular faith.
When there is an uncanny amount of respect in a leader's language for the Islam that is connected to these countries for whom rage is a viable option, beware.
Shield your vote with prayer. Let God, the one that came to earth as Jesus, have a say-so in the critical presidential choice before us.
This battle is centuries old. If you are a Christ follower, you know how your faith goes against the cultural grain of the world. Don't give away the unique privilege of following Jesus that we know in this country.
This is not politics as usual. This is a crossroads we have never known before.
If you don't believe me, at least ask God. If I'm wrong, He can let you know it.
