Do You See What He Sees?

     The other day a few of us were discussing the media's uncanny ability to come into your town during a tragedy or disaster and pick the absolute worst representative of your county to interview.  There's a certain queasiness you feel later while watching the news reports and waiting for your Joe Neighbor to say, "....and I don't believe anyone has ever really gone to the moon....."

     It's the same queasiness I feel when the football audience here is panned and I'm wondering if I will recognize the owner of the painted belly highlighted on the jumbotron and, I confess, it's the same queasiness I feel when Christians are given a turn at the microphone or the blog or the half a bajillion places everyone can go now to have their voices heard.  It never ceases to amaze me what people will say while, at the same time, confessing Jesus Christ.  It makes me wonder if we're getting it at all.

     A beggar walked up to a woman who was about to enter a coffee shop and exclaimed, "Lady, I haven't eaten in a week."

"Wow," exclaimed the woman, "I wish I had your will power."

     Would it be okay to suggest that we stop and think a little bit more?  And, while I'm there, would it be okay to suggest that we stop and think a little bit more before we say what we do about healthcare?  Because, while it is certainly one of the last things we want to see government run, it's not the A to Z argument that Christians are making it out to be.  It's the A argument  - and you can stop right there at abortion.  What else does a Christian need to say?  If the government gets a hold of healthcare you can safely assume that it will not be long before the Hyde Amendment is repealed.  What is the Hyde Amendment?  The only thing that would prevent the government from using its healthcare plan to federally fund abortions.  Obama is already on record as not supporting it.

     So there you go, you can stop at A.  And you just might want to consider that because a walk through the B-C-D-Etc doesn't bode as well for the Christian.  Government should not have such a great hand in social programs.  Churches should have a larger presence.  When that gets out of balance, like it has, I think that we have to own the portion that is ours.  You can't take what people give away willingly and any walk down history lane is a good reminder of the human tendency to forego freedom when they forget responsibility. 

     Maybe it doesn't merit the queasiness I feel when I hear Christians voice who does and does not deserve healthcare but I still cringe everytime I see the church head towards a revolution when it truly needs to be working inwardly towards a revival.  What are we to tell those who continue to look to us for answers?  What do our words sound like when they are no longer wrapped in love?  Look, I'm with you - there are some very good reasons to oppose government run healthcare.

There are some very bad ones too.

     You should know what your motivations are and what witness those motivations are carrying to the world around you.  Your turn at the mic or the blog might or might not convey a great grasp of the Constitution, though that would be nice.  But as a Christian, it should convey first and foremost a biblical worldview born from a clear grasp of His Word.  Revolution has never changed a world like Revival has.