Vote Your Conscience

We can probably all agree that we should vote our conscience.  Miriam's Dictionary defines "conscience" as "the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong."

So voting our conscience involves the mind and the heart, not just the emotions.

Anyone who has counseled an adolescent girl, an angry male, or a hormonal woman down from an emotional meltdown knows that truth quells fickle feelings which lie to us and that a big picture, long term perspective will settle and bring peace.

So why would anyone base their votes in such high stakes political races on isolated feelings and lies instead of on the big picture with the truth and the long term common good in mind?

Let God's people think! May we think Biblically with a logical and careful examination of the facts, not the lies or opinions propagated by the media. 

 

Careful not to influence church members' votes, our pastor simply told the congregation to vote as an act of worship.  Worship should also fully engage both the mind and the heart. We worship with our vote when we vote our conscience.  When our vote is determined by the absolute truth of God's word and the promptings of His Spirit in our hearts, we bring Him glory, even if we must vote for an ungodly person given no better options. God sees the motives of our hearts and delights in the praises of His people.

   ²³ Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. ²⁴ God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24)