Recently we were called to civic duty to vote in a primary election. Do we also have a spiritual duty to seek God about how to vote? Do we need to seek Him for His specific will? Does God want government leaders who know Him in office? If you answered “yes” to those questions, did it occur to you that none of that was mentioned from the pulpits of the churches?

I purposely listened to many sermons to hear if they mentioned seeking God on how to vote. Not one of those messages included an encouragement to seek God for voting instruction. Not one! Why?

God sent the prophet Samuel to intentionally find and anoint one person, a shepherd boy, to be the future king. He chose David, not one of his brothers? Why?

God has a very specific will that we should not ignore. But did you vote in the primary election without seeking Him? Will you seek Him for how to vote in the general election? For candidates? For Amendments? Do you think that God doesn’t want you to know His exact will for you regarding politics?

Ask yourself this too. Why was I allowed to post repeatedly the names of exact candidates that God told me to vote for (always with the instruction to have your own conversation with God) but your church was not? Why might that please God or anger Him?

And, I ask you to consider if the above lack of seeking God is the same reason that the churches can invest tens of thousands of dollars in Christmas shoe boxes or to repave a church parking lot, but cannot invest in paying teaching ministers to equip congregants to hear God? Are all of their public works aimed at pleasing someone other than God? Which is more appealing to God teaching truth or sending dollar store play things to foreign nations? Ask Him!

“For these are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.” (Isaiah 30:9 NIV)