Cast
Your Vote!!
By Jeannine Sawall
"But if serving
the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you
will serve,,,But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
Joshua 24:15
The
election has come and gone. Perhaps you are thrilled with the results as your
candidate is going to continue in the White House for four more years, or
perhaps you are disappointed because your candidate isn’t our next sitting
President. Whatever your feelings, there’s one thing we can agree on and that’s
the fact there are no more annoying political commercials and telephone calls
interrupting our day. The election is
done and over! Amen!!
But
wait…is the election really over? Is there perhaps a more important election
that takes place each and every day? Absolutely! Each and every day, we are
asked to cast our vote to serve the Lord or someone else. And this election
campaign goes all the way back to the Garden. When the devil came to Eve as a
serpent, he began to promise things he wasn’t going to deliver. He implied the
Lord wasn’t trustworthy and it would be better off for Eve to believe what he
had to say about God. At that moment, Eve had a decision to make…would she
believe God and place her ballot in His box or would she find the empty
campaign promises of the serpent more appealing? We all know how that election
fared.
The
truth is the fight for our vote continues. Each day, we are called to make a
decision for the Lord, trusting in His promises and in His faithfulness, or we
make a decision to follow our own path. We can choose to trust that no matter
our circumstances, He has a great hope
and future for us (Jeremiah 29:11) or that our own hope and future will hold better things. If we choose to cast our ballot for the Lord,
the devil loses. It is only when we choose to align ourselves with the devil do
we allow him to have any power over us.
The
Lord knows what we’re going through. Even Jesus heard Satan’s campaign promises
when he tempted Him. There was no clever political quip, catchy slogan or
teleprompter for Jesus to use to refute him…just an immediate use of Scripture
and a dismissal of “Away from me, Satan.”
We need to employ the same strategies when dealing with this age-old
opponent. Jesus is the One who provides eternal promises that will never be
broken. He is the only perfect
candidate, and He is the One person who truly deserves our vote…each and every
day.
GOING
DEEPER:
1.
What decisions will you make today to cast your vote for Jesus?
FURTHER
READING:
Jeannine
is a wife and mother of four active boys. She works in property management and
is a part of the Special Events team for Oakwood’s We Women ministries.
