Blessing or curse? Election day

How will you vote on Election Day? God has a plan for Australia – blessing! But the devil also has a plan for our nation – the curse! The foundation of our nation is Christianity – simply put, it means to believe God and His Word. We have a choice; God always gives us a choice. “I set before you life and death, the blessing or the curse - but choose life that you and your seed shall live.” (Deut:30).  The choice we have when we vote is (1) Socialism – a system of government that leaves God out altogether and is based entirely on man’s efforts and wisdom.

Or  (2) we can choose God’s method of government (based on reliance on God).  It’s sad to say but many Christians vote from their own selfish interest, based on their ‘hip-pocket’ -the way it affects them financially - or because it’s the way they (or their family) have always voted.

“But what does the Scripture say?” (Romans 4; 3).  Jeremiah 17: 5 says “These are the words of the Lord: A curse on the man who trusts in man and leans for support on human kind, while his heart is far from the Lord.  (Moffat puts it this way). “Who leans upon mere human aid.”

Verse 6 continues. “He is like the dry scrub in the wastelands. If good comes, he has no eyes for it.” The Living Bible says. “..With no hope for the future.”

Verse 7. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and rests his confidence upon Him.”

Verse 8 continues. “He is like a tree planted along the riverbank, with its roots reaching deep into the water – a tree not bothered by the heat, nor long months of drought. Its leaves stay green.”  The Jerusalem Bible puts it this way. “It never ceases to bear fruit." I like that, a tree that doesn’t even have to rely on the rain – a tree that flourishes and produces fruit even in the driest and hardest of times!

The Rev Fred Nile MLC, Leader of the Christian Democratic Party, said "we face the most critical Federal Election in Australia's history on Saturday 21 August 2010. "Every Australian voter faces a clear choice for the Federal Election of the House of Representatives - an atheistic ALP Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who is a founding member of the pro-abortion Emily's List and is a socialist left-wing supporter of the Fabian Society.

"Or the alternative Prime Minister, Tony Abbott who is strongly committed to the Christian faith, Judeo-Christian moral values and our Commonwealth Constitution as are our CDP House of Representative Candidates. "Or the radical anti-Christian, pagan, Green Party Senate Candidates led by Lee Rhiannon a former member of the Stalinist Socialist Party, who actively campaigned in the Upper House for same-sex "marriage", marijuana, x-rated videos, abortion, euthanasia, etc.

So my challenge to Aussie Christians is this, do we vote from a selfish, longstanding point of view, relying entirely on the wisdom and efforts of man (based on works of the flesh) and perhaps see dry hard times come (living under the curse). Or, do we take God at His Word and seek His Wisdom and heed His voice and see this ‘South Land of the Holy Spirit’ continue to flourish under the blessings of the Lord? Which way will you vote – for blessing or cursing, for God’s way or man’s way?

Col Stringer