In My Web is a series of short blog posts about articles that stuck out to me online.
Article: “Win, lose, or brawl” by Jamie Dean for World Magazine
Amidst all of the political turmoil and uncertainty American Christians are dealing with right now, I really appreciated a couple of the quotes toward the end of this article. One of them was by Pastor Adam Mabry of Aletheia Church in Boston, Mass. Mabry said:
“When you feel the nagging draw of anxiety … remember your King is on the throne already. While the outcome may change the moment, it changes neither the mission nor eternity. The world is desperate for a people who are secure enough in grace that they can flourish under Caesar, whoever he or she may be.”
What a beautiful and powerful reminder! Our response to this election whether it goes the way we hoped or not is an excellent opportunity to be salt and light in a world whose celebrated “chariots and horses” will ultimately fall short (Psalm 20:7-8).
Dean later quotes C.S. Lewis who said in his own tumultuous time 70 years ago:
“If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends … not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs.”
Lewis added that this kind of fear and unease after a season of national prosperity could actually be a gift if it awakens Christian service and engagement with others about Biblical truth: “We have been waked from a pretty dream, and now we can begin to talk about realities.”
May God help American Christians, myself included, not to be found sleepy, anxious, distracted or dividing. Our King is on His throne. Let’s securely live in the reality of His unchanging grace and truth.
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