American Idle

Oh man it has been a while since I have posted anything on here! My life has been busy lately with planning summer camp and getting BLAZE stuff all worked out. Anyway, I just wanted to post something that has been on my heart lately and it has to do with the Christians and our dependence on the American government. This probably seems like a political rant that says America stinks and we should not try and change anything! This post has very little to do with America's stinky-ness. It has to do with American Christians dependence on America to change the face of our communities, country and the world. For a long time I have listened to people that talk about politics in a way that somehow politics will change the face of our nation. I have nothing against people trying to change policy or laws in our land that represent the Kingdom but man-made law will only go so far. Let me give one example that is a hot button topic right now. The gay-marriage debate has been raging for a while now. It is important to understand that the Kingdom law will ALWAYS trump the American law. So, Christians should agree that gay-marriage is an oxymoron that is not endorsed by Scripture. With that point established what is the real debate? Is the debate really two homosexual people getting married or is it the fact that those people are disobeying Scripture by engaging in ANY homosexual act? I would argue that the real root of the issue is not the marriage but the homosexual acts themselves. If this is the case then maybe we (Christians) should stop picketing and start loving the people fighting for the right to marry. Not allowing gay-marriage is a cosmetic fix. It doesn't change the fact that homosexual behavior is still running rampant through America. Stopping people from getting married wont stop them from engaging in their sin. With this view we need to stop relying on our American system to change hearts because only God can do that! Let's be like Christ and stop trying to change laws that are only cosmetic fixes and let's live life with the people that are the lowest of the low! The people that are getting picketed against should be some that we consider the lowest. Jesus came for those who need a doctor he didn't come for the healthy. We need to be the vessel in which God uses to reach the hearts of the low! So, maybe instead of engaging in politics we should engage in a personal way to the ones that Jesus came for.