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Evil in the Eyes of the Lord

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What if God, who can see into the future, wanted to warn you about things to come?

Well, if you had your own relationship with Him, He might give you that insight personally. But what if you had God locked up in the pages of a book, and you were trying to read between the lines rather than hear from Him in prayer?

It always amazes me when someone understands that Satan has a now voice but surmises that God cannot speak with a now voice. God is much more powerful and able to speak NOW than the enemy can. God knows the past, the present, and the future. The devil does not know the future beyond what God has allowed to be implied or revealed.

So, let’s get back to the question at the beginning: “What if God, who can see into the future, wanted to warn you about things to come?” Would God want to warn you not to vote for someone who is being led by the devil’s voice? Or instead, would God want you to VOTE for candidates who He is specifically placing into roles that He divinely planned for them? Does God want representatives in government who deliberately seek Him for counsel or not?

Throughout Biblical accounts, the kings who didn’t honor God, were documented as “(he) did evil in the eyes of the Lord”. There were many of them. Do you want someone in leadership roles in our city, county, state, or federal governments that does evil in the eyes of the Lord to represent you? Or would you prefer someone who honors God, listens to His NOW voice in prayer, and leads with His purpose?

If you refuse to vote, ignore God’s will, and dismiss your role in the process, you will effectively usher in evil resulting in captivity. Your ignorance and laziness could be the one vote that neglects God’s intended provision from happening. Will you refuse God or will you vote His will? I’m not asking you to go out and fight a battle. I’m asking you to simply seek God, know His will, and vote accordingly. Can you do that?

Can you allow yourself to be uncomfortable long enough to get your voting assignments from God? Can you get up an hour earlier in the morning to set time aside to seek God very specifically about who to vote for in the general election? Can you seek God for counsel rather than from your ungodly friends? Can you tear down the walls of your heart and allow God to speak to you? What lie has the devil placed in your heart that makes you afraid to seek God for counsel?

On October 15th, I will post how God has told me to vote in the November 3rd election. But that does NOT let you off the hook with God. He wants to see your heart open to Him. He wants to see you taking the time to seek Him. He wants you to know Him more intimately. He is the one who knows the future. He holds the power over life and death. He alone can provide for future generations. Seek Him!

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“Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.” (1 Kings 16:30 NIV)

“But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.” (2 Kings 21:9 NIV)

Who Chose King David Anyways?

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Have you ever tried to decide who to vote for without God’s advice and counsel?

Recently, I had a conversation with someone who was against a certain political candidate who called themselves a Christian but didn’t act like one. I don’t know who the candidate was because our conversation was interrupted before she was allowed to make her point and before I could respond.

So, I’d like to have the conversation here.

1) First, I absolutely know many people who call themselves Christian and don’t act like Christians. You see, Christians are supposed to hear God’s voice in prayer. Without hearing God, you are just playing religion. You can call yourself a Christian and miss the mark completely if God is not leading you. (And btw, we are all sinners. Perhaps your sin just hasn’t been exposed, but it could be.)

2) Next, David didn’t look like the logical pick to be God’s chosen king. He was a shepherd boy. His brothers could have been chosen, but they weren’t. Why? Could it be because God divinely orchestrated something in David that was meant for Kingdom purposes. Certainly, if you looked at King David’s life, you can’t just gloss over the fact that he had multiple wives, one of whom, he had an adulterous affair with and had her husband killed. Did that disqualify him from service? Apparently not, since he went on to do great things including to be a father in the lineage of Jesus.

3) Can we look at the Prostitute Rahab’s life and think that it was useless because of her position in the culture? Yet, God chose her for Kingdom work. Do you have a problem with that?

4) If you aren’t asking God who to vote for because you haven’t bothered to humble yourself under His authority, you are the adulterous people that you claim to hate. God often called the people of Israel adulterous when they bowed down to other gods. Isn’t that what you are doing when you choose someone other than God’s chosen vessel? Why would you vote against God?

What if Samuel would have ignored God’s leading to choose a shepherd boy to anoint for Kingdom purpose? What if Samuel thought that he could choose more wisely than God? (Then, he would have been just like you.)

A WASTED VOTE!

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Any vote you place on a ballot that doesn’t have its origin in specific conversation with God is a wasted vote for you personally. If you didn’t include God, He saw it. He also saw whose opinion was more valued by you.

Did you ignore God when He wanted to give you insight? Did you refuse God’s gentle nudges for you to seek Him in prayer? Did you forget that He is indeed sovereign over life and death (yours included)? Did you forget that He can allow you to be taken into captivity for choosing substitute “gods”?

Why would you allow your vote to be wasted in God’s sight? And please hear me, you don’t get a pass by refusing to vote. God has entrusted you with a sacred duty to seek Him. Refusing to vote is the same as voting contrary to His will. He sees it!

If you break the covenant oath with God to seek Him and obey Him, He can and likely will allow you to feel the weight of the broken covenant.

Warning:
“But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands, and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you. If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.” (Leviticus 26:14-18 NIV)

Why Vote With God’s Heart?

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What’s happening in our local, state, and federal government is VERY important to God. God is not looking simply at outcomes based on a one-day voting count. God is looking at the heart of the nation.

Are we a nation that seeks God? Are we a people who sincerely ask God who to vote for? Do we trust that God has strategically planned each destiny? God wants to prosper a nation who seeks His heart, but He has promised to abandon people who ignore Him.

What does God see when He looks at you? Does He see someone who puts energy into assessing the leadership qualities of our city, county, state, and federal government candidates or does He see a lazy, uninterested person who is willing for the wrong people to be in seats of leadership? (When I say “assessing” in that question, I’m primarily including a sincere conversation with God where you identify who He specifically wants in each representative seat.)

Don’t choose a candidate for their outward appearance. Allow God to choose the person that He has intentionally positioned for the path ahead. God has woven into His chosen person what is needed to advance His provision and protection. The wrong person elected will produce what we deserve for refusing to seek God.

We cannot ever choose someone just because they say they are a Christian. There are many so-called Christians that will be judged harshly by God for their vanity, greed, and schemes against mankind. We should all want leaders who hear God’s voice and follow Him. Without that, we will fail and deservedly so.

Do you hear God’s voice in prayer?