After the surprising decision by the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, I was thinking about how Obamacare really is going to change my life. Will it cause me hardship or will it eliminate problems in my future, or cause problems with my posterity. From a humanistic side, I see a tidal wave of power given to the federal government, reducing my personal liberty and freedom. I know that those freedoms and liberties were granted to my forefathers with a specific caveat: freedom and liberty must be maintained, and when any power is handed to an entity like the federal government, it is totally lost by the individual.
Now our federal government has the right to tax (or penalize) us for what they determine is a bad decision. If a person doesn't believe in insurance they could be required to pay a tax or be sent to prison. Today I see that our federal laws are cumbersome, our constitution has multitudes of interpretations, and the U.S. Supreme court is not our country's saviour, neither is the President of the United States, Nor is Congress. Our problem is far deeper, and much more spiritual than those superficial offices. We live in a society that worships at the alter of itself. The people want more hand outs, but they want to work less. They want the government to take care of all the basic 'rights' to include healthcare, food, comfort. But my hope isn't in government... It's not in me either. Insurance is not the answer, because insurance can become insolvent, so can the government. Psalm 188:8 says "It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.".
My trust is not invested in the government, my total trust is in the person of Jesus Christ, my Saviour. God is the great healer, the provider, the master of all. He is the owner of the cattle on a thousand hills, and every living thing in the universe is under his dominion. I don't need to fear about tomorrow, because tomorrow is in His capable hands. I know my Hope is in Christ, I don't need the government to take care of my needs, because it's in providence.
