CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
LABOR DAY HAS BEEN THE TREADITIONAL KICK-OFF DAY IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS. NOT THESE DAYS. IT’S 365-24-7 AND THAT’S TOO BAD BECAUSE IT KEEPS MANY OF US FROM PAYING ATTENTION. AND WHY DOES EACH CANDIDATE NOW SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GET ELECTED PRESIDENT?
PART OF IT IS THE ILLUSION OF POWER. IF IT WERE REAL POWER WOULD THINGS NOT HAVE IMPROVED BY NOW? WOULDN’T THE BUDGET BE BALANCED, THE BORDER SECURED, CRIME DIMINISHED, AND SOCIAL ISSUES DECIDED?
NO, THE POWER POLITICIANS SEEK IS A PHONEY POWER. AS THE CHARACTER ERIC LIDDEL SAID IN THE FILM “CHARIOTS OF FIRE”: “WHERE DOES THE POWER COME FROM? IT COMES FROM WITHIN.” HE WASN’T TALKING ABOUT HIS OWN POWER, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WITHIN EACH BELIEVER. IT IS THE ONLY POWER THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND MINE AND EVERYONE ELSE’S. PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN POLITICIANS AND THEMSELVES END UP BEING DISAPPOINTED, EVEN FRUSTRATED. AND THAT’S WHY KING DAVID SAID NOT TO PUT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES, IN MORTAL FLESH THAT CANOT SAVE. WHEN THEIR SPIRIT DEPARTS, THEY RETURN TO THE GROUND; ON THAT VERY DAY THEIR PLANS COME TO NOTHING. I’M CAL THOMAS.
