Should Christians Vote? If So, How?

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Voting is a privilege!  In many countries, people have no say in how they are governed, who leads them, or the direction their nation takes. As U.S. citizens, we do, and with that privilege comes responsibility.

Civic Responsibility

Our votes are how we are heard. An election reveals more than the candidate the people choose; it also reveals a great deal about the people who choose.

Billy Graham said, “The secret strength of a nation is found in the faith that abides in the hearts and homes of the country.”  Scripture agrees:

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. (Proverbs 11:11)
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when a wicked man rules, the people groan. (Proverbs 29:2)

Weigh Candidates by God’s Word

Campaigns are designed to win votes. Speeches, ads, and carefully managed public images are crafted to persuade, and many promises go unfulfilled. So look past the rhetoric and ask:

• What do the candidate and the party platform actually stand for?
• Which positions most closely align with the Word of God?
• What does the candidate’s record show? Past performance best predicts whether present promises will be kept.

God’s Word is “a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). The upright stand on what God says in the Bible; the wicked stand for themselves, with no Bible as their compass.

We Can’t Do Nothing

An estimated 25 million Christians do not vote in presidential elections, and another 15 million are not even registered. That is as many as 40 million voices left unheard.

A familiar saying puts it plainly: “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” It is often credited to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), but it does not appear in his writings. What Burke did write makes the same point: “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”

We can’t let disappointment with the process or the candidates keep us home. Voting is both a PRIVILEGE and a DUTY.

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Psalm 11:3)

Pray! Stand! Vote!

• Pray. Ask the Father for wisdom as you weigh candidates and issues. “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally” (James 1:5).
• Stand. Stand firm against any compromise that would undermine a faithful witness to God’s Word.
• Vote. Prayerfully make your decision and cast your ballot.

And keep praying after the votes are counted:

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. (1 Timothy 2:1–2)

Trust the Sovereign Lord

Count it an honor to help direct the future of our country, and trust that God is sovereign over every candidate and every election:

And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. (Daniel 2:21)

But God is the Judge: He puts down one, and exalts another. (Psalm 75:7)

The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes. (Proverbs 21:1)

Don’t Give Up

Whatever the headlines say about this election, don’t give in to apathy or disillusionment. Trust God, vote, and encourage others to vote.

The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD! Psalm 33:10 -12
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