On August 14, 2024, a post was composed with this word equation as its title.
Today is September 16, 2024. I would like to share some additional thoughts regarding the post.
It’s no ‘new’ news to those that follow my posts that I have been sharing about the ‘unprecedented unrest’ coming to this nation.
We have seen and heard of events that have escalated the ‘unrest’ in this nation.
As the day of our Presidential election gets closer, things will continue heating up. The political climate will become hotter and hotter each day.
What is contributing to these elevated temperatures throughout the nation?
The clash of words. We are in an incendiary moment. There is a ‘war of words’ that are igniting worry. They are proceeding from both political parties and even from Christian ministries that mean well. Their words can cause anxiety too.
The ‘war of words’ reminds of the story of Chicken Little who is constantly crying out, “the sky is falling, the sky is falling”. I am using these words because we are being told by both political parties that the end of our nation is eminent if the ‘other side’ wins.
The political rhetoric is to emphasize traumatic worry within the minds of the voters.
Let me share my thinking in a more forceful way.
The ‘words of this world’ that generate worry are like ‘water boarding’ a prisoner attempting to break their resolve and vote like they are told.
The words of our political process are like a ‘constant dripping’ of a faucet that needs to be turned off.
The ‘many words’ of the political process are like a heavy weight upon the mind that is pressing down the very souls of the voters.
Strong words, yes; but I believe that they are true.
What is the SOUL of our nation: Saving Our Unalienable Liberties.
Both sides are saying they are the answer to saving the SOUL of our nation.
The problem is that the wisdom of the world does not have the answers.
The wisdom that we need is the ‘Wisdom of the Word’.
The ‘Wisdom of the Word’ does not bring worry. Let me state that again. The ‘Wisdom of the Word’ does not bring worry.
The Wisdom of the Word brings light that exposes the darkness; life that conquers death; peace of mind that overcomes anxiety, worry, fret, uncertainty.
I want to share with you a personal testimony.
Several days ago, I came to the place where I was mentally tired of all the words that were being shared, regurgitated, re-analyzed, dug-up, etc. This realization became apparent to me in spite of the fact that I have been personally avoiding not being caught up in the political rhetoric; yet trying to be somewhat savey of what is going on.
I found myself at a place where I didn’t need to hear any more words. I was at peace in my mind. I had a clear conscience about how I was going to vote.
Now it was time to thank the Lord for His Sovereignty regarding the election in our nation. I was resting in the ‘Wisdom of the Word’.
Regarding the election, it will be God’s will. There is no room for another conclusion.
My choice of vote is not based upon a person or his/her personality.
My choice is based upon honoring my Lord according to His Word.
Jesus Christ is our Wisdom. He is the Wisdom of the Word. He is the Word.
I Corinthians 1: 27-31 NKJV says, “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound (put to shame) the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound (put to shame) the things that are mighty; and the base (insignificant) things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and the things that are not, to bring to nought (nothing) the things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God, is(became for us) wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.” (inserts from the marginal notes of the Study Bible)
Thank you Father, I am resting in my Lord, and giving Him the glory.
Therefore, for me, personally, Chaos+Confusion+Corruption is negated by resting in Christ, Who is my Wisdom in the midst of the verbal political conflict perpetrated by the ‘words of the world’ that are foolishness in God’s sight.
These words are connected to the previous post of August 14, 2024.
If you would like to read the original post for the first time, or for a second time I encourage you to do so.
I especially pray that the Lord will fulfill for you Philippians 4:5-7.
I encourage you to read it, reflect upon it, and pray it, believing that the Lord will give His peace of mind in these stressful times.
Blessings, a brother in Christ, deo
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