Stand Up and Dance

Yesterday waiting for big brother to get home from school we all sat around watching Elijah, who’s three, dance to Veggie Tales Christmas music. But he got tired of dancing alone, so he started saying, “Stand up, Grandma. Stand up and dance.” “Stand up, Grandpa. Stand up and dance.”

So trying to get out of the post election doldrums this phrase, “stand up and dance,” has haunted me today. The election results and polling clearly show that the moral absolutes that God ordains are still respected by many people. So stand up for them and don’t lose heart. Then get on your knees and pray for Obama and our leaders to be in line with the majority of Americans on the beauty of God-given life and marriage.

And dance because presidents come and go by God’s decree, but God remains the same yesterday, today and forever.

“For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor (or the president).” ESV 1 Peter 2:15-17

So "Stand up and dance," For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. " ESV Romans 13:1

How to Vote

John Piper offers this excellent perspective on life and voting:

"This world matters. But it is not ultimate. It is the stage for living in such a way to show that this world is not our God, but that Christ is our God. It is the stage for using the world to show that Christ is more precious than the world.

So it is with voting. We do not withdraw. We are involved—but as if not involved. Politics does not have ultimate weight for us. It is one more stage for acting out the truth that Christ, and not politics, is supreme. "

Read the entire article here.