CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 15, 2018
THERE IS A LINE IN CHAPTER 8 OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS THAT SEEMS RELEVANT TO OUR TIME, OR ANY TIME FOR THAT MATTER. UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR FRACTURED POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE POLITICIANS AND WANNA BE POLITICIANS PURSUE WHAT THEY CALL POWER (WHICH IS REALLY NOT POWER AT ALL BECAUSE IF IT WERE IT WOULD HAVE A SATISFACTORY OUTCOME, OR AT LEAST SOME OUTCOME).
HERE’S THE VERSE: “GOD HAS BUILT FUTILITY INTO HIS CREATION, IN HOPE THAT THE CREATION WILL TURN TO HIM.”
NOW, IF YOU ARE OF A CERTAIN AGE YOU HAVE SEEN IT ALL: REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS; LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES AND A FEW MUSHY MODERATES THROWN IN. EACH OF THESE HAS ENJOYED EXERCISING POLITICAL POWER FOR A TIME. HAS ANYTHING IMPROVED? HAS MUCH CHANGED? WHICH POLITICAL PARTY OF PERSUASION IS DOING A GOOD JOB?
HINT: NONE OF THE ABOVE IS THE CORRECT ANSWER. SO WHY IN EVERY ELECTION DO WE THINK AND BEHAVE AS THOUGH MUCH WILL BE DIFFERENT? IT WON’T. THAT ISN’T CYNICISM. IT’S REALITY. WHILE SOME THINGS MAY CHANGE AT THE MARGINS, REAL CHANGE COMES FROM OUTSIDE THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. IT’S CALL REVIVAL AND ONLY GOD CAN BRING THAT POWER AND THEN ONLY IF WE TURN TO HIM. I’M CAL THOMAS.
