November 6, 2008
As the 2008 presidential elections in America were concluded, they revealed the sad truth about our godless human nature. The anger of Americans with the government not protecting their lifestyles was seen clearly. The reality that our personal comforts dominated the choice for the presidency and surpassed our faith based values should not be surprising.
In other countries, you see how people beg for food and even prostitute themselves and their children for basic necessities. God willing the conditions in the United States will never come to that. But don’t be amazed at what people will do to live a better life as it relates to luxuries. That was the theme behind “change we need” where the key word is “we.” Americans have dismissed “In God We Trust” for what we need. Americans have ignored the verse in the Old Testament that clearly states “delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” We need God. Americans are accustomed to living well and even a little adversity can only be tolerated for a small period of time. We have become a nation of people with expected entitlements. The killing of the unborn and the disregard of godly principles will always be accepted as long as we can afford and experience what we consider necessary such as air-conditioning, eating out and gasoline. Both presidential candidates failed incredibly in lifting the values of our great nation over the values of self. McCain made a poor attempt to sell us on serving a cause greater than ourselves, but who was he kidding. We are Americans, is there really anything greater than ourselves? God allows pain to bring education.
The lesson taught in the US in 2008 was clear. America is changing her values. She is putting her faith in “change that we can believe” rather than believing in our God that makes us change.