God's Soveriegnty and Our Responsibility

This was an email I sent out earlier today, so I thought I would post it in hope that others might read it.

I don’t know who sent this link to me, but it’s worth reading. It’s a good reminder of where our perspective should be. That said though, I would like to put a challenge out to each of us to fast and pray over the next couple of weeks for our country.

Our nation has been on a moral decline for years and years. Complaining will solve nothing. We need to pray and humble ourselves before the Lord. The outcome of this election and the direction that our nation takes is all in His hands, but His word commands us to pray. We do this not for our comfort, but for His will to be done, whatever that might be.

On Election Day, we will have the opportunity and responsibility to cast our vote, and each of us needs to follow our convictions. (As a side note, those of us who have the freedom to vote and choose not to, should consider this before we complain about the state of our nation and who is in power.) As believers, will we vote with the convictions of our bank account, or will we consider the sanctity of human life, the ability to freely worship Christ, and the freedom to speak biblical truth without persecution as infinitely more valuable?

This is what it says in Psalm 78:29-31:

And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved. But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel.

What are we craving for?

http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/2008/3347_Let_Christians_Vote_As_Though_They_Were_Not_Voting/