Politics

For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you. - 1 Peter 1:24-25

Are you sick of the commercials yet?  Especially here in Western Pennsylvania, it has seemed like a particularly nasty political season. One candidate tearing down another, ad nauseam.  The term is ad nauseam is fitting, since it means “something unpleasurable which has continued to the point of nausea.”

Dear political candidates.  Please read 1 Peter 24-25.  There, got that off my chest.

In the passage Peter is quoting Isaiah 40:6-8.  For those of us that like to have our egos inflated once in a while – sorry.  This passage places humanity where it should be.  Our own glory will wither and fall.  It will blow away in the winds of the “frankenstorm” that is about to hit our area.  Basing our self-worth on what we do or by tearing down others is pure folly.

But even though God’s word puts humanity in its proper place, our inherent self-worth is also derived from the word of the Lord which endures forever. In spite of what we really are in overall scheme of things, we remain apex of God’s creation, the part of his creation that he has gone after, loved, and wants to redeem.  Our, your, my, self-worth comes from the fact that God so loves us that he sent his one and only Son after us for our redemption. (visit John 3:16,17; Romans 5:8-10; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 John 4:10) 

Don’t think we need redemption? Really? Just watch all the political advertisements on TV this evening.  The great news is that redemption is available.  Don’t know if you’ll see that on TV this evening, but it is the truth nonetheless.

Dear political candidates.  Jesus loves you too.