So I am stuck at home all day today due to icy roads and basically horrible whether so I thought I would blog a little bit about an issue that we can’t seem to get away from: Healthcare. Now, this is not going to be a political post where I defend a political ideology but rather a Christian response to a cultural issue.
Healthcare and all the mantras about it, has started to drive me crazy. I have feelings about it and do not like the healthcare plan but I am not claiming the demise of our country, nor am I looking to this plan to operate as a functional savior for Americans. What is interesting though is how many people look to this as exactly what we need while conservatives and many Christian’s say this is what we don’t need.
Let me state it another way. Christians, stop preaching that conservative ideology is what this county needs. That is NOT what we need-we need the Gospel. Morals never saved anyone, neither has healthcare or any political system.
God is interested in the advancement of his Kingdom through Christ. I think it is time we get just as interested in this as well and trust God and his providence for the rest. It is time we herald the Gospel, not an ideology…but Jesus. Jesus is what will transform this nation. Jesus is what will change people’s lives. Jesus is the One who delivers from sin. Not a political system. Let us as the church proclaim the gospel with our lives and with words and let us trust Christ and hold fast to the only One that really matters.
Just a thought.
What do you think?
