Im sure this comes as no surprise to anyone but yesterday
Nov. 6th 2012 we America voted our current President Barack Hussein Obama into
his second term of Presidency. I’m not here to condemn anyone for voting the
way they did regardless of who they voted for yet to get down to the core of
what and why the outcome of the election was what it was last night. For years
us as Christians have played the background during many important times in our
nation and because of our silence we have been overlooked during times of decision
making. To be honest I was quite surprised of the Christian turn out for this
election we were loud and we let everyone know that we as a church were going
to be heard during this time! Now the problem was not that we stood back and
let things happen because that was not the case, the problem was that this time
as the body of Christ we were more separated in our stance than Ive ever seen
before, Christian vs. Christian, opinion vs. opinion, is that really what God
wanted from us? Mark 3:5 says that “If a house be divided against itself, that
house cannot stand” so why so much division in the church over this, how could
we not come into an agreement with so much on the line? There is only 1 spirit
and that 1 spirit will only speak what he Father has spoken, so how come our
convictions were so different? As an American you have the right to vote as you
want and I am no one to take that away from you, but as a Christian our job is
to bring the order of God’s Kingdom onto this earth anyway possible. Can you
truly tell me that God’s choice for us was to allow such things as; abortion, legalization of weed, homosexual
marriage, the lack of support for Israel and so much more into a country who’s
slogan USED TO BE “One Nation Under God”. Obama has taken a firm stance against the gospel and we looked passed it. Now you can make the argument that
Romney was out of touch with America and not the best candidate to run this
country and I would agree with you, but truth be told Biblically he stood for
the Gospel much more than Obama. What Ive heard mostly though from most who
voted is that they were scared of loosing government help such as Food stamps,
ect. And ok I get it we all have to eat and not all of us can afford to feed
all of our families and some need help, but who is your trust in? Do you need
the government to feed your family or do you believe that all provision comes
from God? If you’ve ever read the Bible and have read the story of the prophet
Elijah you would know that in time of need God sent ravens to feed him in the
dessert. Why then forget all of the other stuff and vote out of fear, that is
not what God asks of us and I truly feel that even if you were in agreement
with the win yesterday that us Christians lost this election. Do I believe that
God allowed Obama to retain his seat? Yes I do. Do I believe that God placed
him there? No I don’t. We have a thing called free will and we as a nation exercised
this during the election, we put him there not God. I do not mean to discourage or reprimand anyone for the choice they made election night but just to address
what happened and where to go from here. Church it’s time to pray and pray
hard! Not just for this country but for yourself, for your family, for your
loved ones. We just gave this country in to sin and because of it we will see
what we have never seen before in this country. Things are going to change and
we need to be ready for the persecution that is to come. Let’s stand together
in Faith, time is up Heaven is ready to open and receive the Church, what are
you going to do about it. Are you ready?
-Jovanny Aponte
