How
we as individuals react to situations in life often is labeled as proactive,
passive or indifferent. What is
interesting is that there is really no such thing as indifference. Indifference is a vacuum and nature abhors a vacuum. Plants cannot be indifferent to sunlight or
they die. Of course in the end it will
eventually die and this inevitably makes life look hopeless where we just throw
up our hands and say what is the use?
But most of us will never give up completely. So we have two choices, to act or not to act—both
are reaction. The way we react reveals certain
knowledge about who we are. We do not
live or die unto ourselves. Our
reactions come from how we deal with the challenges of life and those whom we
follow.
The
leaders we have chosen to follow are often responsible for the reaction to the
problems in our lives. How we react or
fail to react is based on the leadership we are following.
There
will come a time in our lives when our own personal experiences of fear,
unbelief, and rebellion are a reaction to the leadership we are following. Our
first reaction is fear, can I trust them? Then when the lies are told—unbelief sets
in. Then we realize that if things don’t
change soon we will have lost everything—then we rebel. This comes about when we do not accept the
Truth nor follow the right leadership.
There
was a time in history when the Hebrews followed the right leader—Moses, but
their reaction to his leadership was to reject him and they desired to return
to the bondage of Egypt. They were willing
to choose a leader who would give them what they wanted even if it was the
wrong choice.
The
choice made by the Hebrews resulted in them wandering in the wilderness until
an entire generation died. Their
reaction to the leadership of Moses revealed a people who were self-centered,
without a vision of the future, lacked faith in the promises given to them and
were quick to forget the freedom and liberty they had been given. God was ready to destroy them but their
rightful leader (Moses) wept for them and was willing to sacrifice his life for
them. This is the character of a true leader. He was willing to give-up all for his people. Unlike leaders today who take all from their people and leave them begging for help.
Hundreds
of year later we see another leader who was weeping for his nation that was
wasted and desolate—Nehemiah. He was
moved to weep, because of the spiritual condition of his nation that brought about
their destruction.
Today, people choose the wrong leaders and fail to see
the destruction that is coming, because they are self-centered, without a
vision for the future, lack faith in the promises made to them and are quick to
forget the freedoms and liberty we have been given. The prophet was right when he said when they
say peace and safety then sudden destruction comes.
Our reaction to the leadership of this country is
leading us down the road of destruction.
We cannot hear the cry of the poor, we have turned our heads away from
justice, our faith is gone and we are following those who would lead us back
into the bondage.
We cannot afford to spend our life in
the wrong endeavor, walking down a false path or following leaders who instill
confusion and spiritual frustration. Our
lives are short and should not be wasted on a pretense of peace and safety, no
matter who the leaders are. We must
follow Jesus Christ. He stood on the
hill side outside of Jerusalem and wept for the spiritual condition of the
people. He said how many time have I
tried to protect you as a hen protects her chick but you would not seek that
protection or come to the security that is in Jesus Christ.
It is our responsibility to choose the right
leaders. So how do we know what makes a
good leader? If we use the wrong
criteria in choosing a leader is will be tragic. As I get older I have less confidence in the
people who say they are concerned about what happens to me. We have all heard, “don’t fear, the
government is here to solve all your problems”.
What should scare every American is that there are individuals in both
political parties that are corrupt and cannot be trusted. Lying has become an
art form among American politicians.
For the past several elections we have
based the choice of our leaders on their looks, their speaking ability and
their promises. All may be good to have
but these qualities do not make a good leader. Our choice of leaders should be
based on the person’s character rather than their looks, their speaking ability
and their promises. The person’s
character is who they are at their core being.
After all the mistakes of choosing leaders we should have learned one
thing, bad character leads to bad leaders who make bad decisions.
What is amazing about the American
public is their total ignorance in wanting to know who they are electing. We must explore the background and
qualifications of the person before allowing them to even become a
candidate. The person should have good
character and virtue and be respectable.
As Americans we feel that all
politicians lie to us and that there is no honesty or integrity to be found
among them. The reason we allow the politicians to lie to
us is because we will not hold them accountable for their actions. As the people of this nation we have chosen the
leaders we want to follow--those who will give to us what we want, even if they
must take it away from others.
The leadership of America fails to
meet the qualifications of “being above reproach”. Our leaders we elect to follow are
intemperate, love money, and cannot manage their own affairs; do not have a
good reputation with the people they represent.
It is important how a leader relates and conducts himself with his
family. If he has family issues then he
is not capable of leading this country.
He needs to have his own house in order.
The leaders of this country have no
regard for the truth and those who serve under them are no more than the
minions of their evil masters. We have
massive cover-ups, lies, scandals, invasion of privacy, disregard of the Constitution
and a war on Christian principles and beliefs.
Our elected officials act as if they are above the law. As American citizens we have mortgaged our
nation to foreign countries to the tune of $17 trillion dollars. We finance terrorist organizations, we bomb
the innocent with our drones, we oppress the poor, and we rob from the working
man and woman and think this is the greatest country in the world.
Our freedoms have been taken away from us,
our liberty is fast fading and our nation is divided, not down racial line as
some would have us believe but by those who which to follow the Constitutional and
those who are a law unto themselves—our elected leaders.
Who will you follow?
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