This is a very unusual posting for me, as I don’t touch on such subjects, but this is more about aligning with God’s wisdom than anything else.

What would you think of voting for a candidate who as a young man had a practice of wiping out entire villages, killing everyone there, who hung out with outlaws, who was a womanizer, took other men’s wives, and even murdered one faithful follower. He also let one son get away with rape and another with murder without real punishment. Who would vote for him?

Or what about one noted for his explosive temper, who was impetuous, who killed people just for their clothes, who spent a lot of time with prostitutes, and frequently chose to do what he knew was wrong? How many would vote for him to be their leader?

There’s a saying: democracy is the process of picking the best of the worst. These two men I mentioned above were flawed, in fact, they could actually be called criminals. And yet God picked them, putting them in charge of his people. One was David the king, the other was Samson the judge. They weren’t elected, they were chosen, but the principle remains. As someone said, God can draw straight lines with a crooked stick.

We will never get perfect people to vote for; in fact, in my opinion, we shouldn’t vote for people at all anyway. Instead of voting for a person, we should vote for policy. A man we don’t like personally may have very good policies, one we like may have very bad policies.

Think of what biblical values you support (pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-two genders, pro-women, pro-religion, pro-common sense, pro-America, pro-free speech, etc.) and vote for the ones who have implemented those values in the past, and see what God does.

He, of course, has the final say, but, as usual, wants us to join Him in what He’s doing, so it is good  to vote. And not just for the president, but also for the congressmen, senators and local people running for offices. They all make a difference and so can we.