A Call to Christians

This is not a call to vote for Senator McCain. And it is not a call to vote for Senator Obama. It is a call to prepare oneself to respond with respect and dignity to the man, who will be God's sovereign choice as our next President of the United States. Conservative Christians will need to lead the way in honoring a President Barak Obama, whether they agree with his policies or not. Liberal Christians will need to lead the way in treating a President John McCain with dignity and respect, whether they agree with his policies or not. We can disagree and still treat one another with honor, dignity and respect. It is part of what the nation was built on. If we were to always agree on everything, we would need a whole different political system.

But we are about to hire a new President, and we all have a choice in the matter. So today, make your choice, if you haven't already. And then follow Jesus, who through the apostle Paul says in Romans 13, "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God....Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed."

Liberal and Conservative Christian friends, let us lead the way in giving honor and respect, being salt and light to an unbelieving world. Not disdain, not despair, not condecension and insults, but graciousness, graciousness in the way we speak about him, graciousness in the way we disagree with his policies, graciousness in regard to the office itself - not a small feat to achieve. Because regardless of whether he is your choice or my choice, he is God's choice and His ways are wiser than ours.