I feel like I’m living in a giant bubble that increases with size and darkens in color. I wonder when it will explode and what outcome I can expect. Almost daily I receive emails from people that love President Bush and despise John Kerry. Conversely, I get messages that bash Bush and laud the Massachusetts Senator. Each person is certain of his or her views. I don’t ever remember seeing this nation so polarized and divided over who should be its next Commander-in-Chief. Perhaps in the tempest it is wise to remember the temptation to lean on our own understanding sets us up for failure. If our hope for the future is pinned on a man or a party we are destined for an overdose of pain.
Meditation
Isaiah 28:16—So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.”
God made His Stone of flesh and blood but of a kind not seen in the sons of Adam. Jesus grew up a Jew in an
God laid a Stone that was tested. Satan offered Jesus the world. The Son of God rebuked Him with Scripture. Religious leaders debated with Him and tried trapping Him into making mistakes. He exposed their hypocrisy and chastised their blatant phoniness. His closest followers offered what looked like good advice to strengthen His campaign only to be rebuked for not understanding God’s will. In following that will, Jesus ended up spiked to a cross, betrayed, battered and mocked. He lost at the polls and died on a pole. He arose with His holiness intact.
God gave an undeserving world, a Cornerstone of incalculable value and indispensable worth. God promises that if we trust in Jesus we will never have our courage destroyed or our joy defeated. It is our moral responsibility to vote. But who we entrust our future with transcends the ballot box. If you want to be certain, be certain in Jesus.
Inspiration
