Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts

Friday, June 29, 2012

Why yesterday's decision isn't a problem to me

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. 

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Government and the Christian Worldview

As we again move into a new election cycle in the United States, we are bombarded daily by political messages. Some of these messages are informative, and tell us things which the politician plans to do, and helps us understand how they will govern. Other messages tell us things about the opponent, and faults and failures, also helping us understand how they will govern. Even more there are messages, which aren't true, and will also help us understand how the person releasing the message plans to govern. But the real question is Who Governs us?
In the democratic societies we elect our government, but where does true government begin? Does it start at the White house, Congress, and the courts? Does it start at our State, at our county, at our city? Or does it start at our front door, does government start in our Hearts? William Penn, the founder of the Pennsylvania colony once said "If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants". These words are so true. As A Christian living in America, I understand the freedoms I hold so dear, but I also must know that these rights are a gift given by God, not by man. If I choose not to be governed by God, He has all authority to place a tyrant over me (us as a nation). I must understand that God is the highest point of government, and self-government (aka self control) is my responsibility. We live in a world which has a low view of ethics, morals, and virtue. As a Christian I must live with with a high ethics, high morals and virtue! Government starts with me.