What Moves us?

What Moves us to say things? What Moves us to do them? What Moves us to think one way or another? There are many answers to these questions, and they could be, for instance: need, love, deeds, goodness, progress; or it could be hatred, greed, envy, selfishness, interest. It all comes down to two things; it’s either the good or the bad that moves us. For us, Christians, it is either the fruit of the Spirit or the deeds of the flesh.

During these campaigning days for the presidency of the United  States we have been bombarded with all kinds of ideas from the candidates so the people could get to know them and make up their mind whom are they going to vote for. It has been heard so many good and bad things of each of them that might make people wonder how to act. That is why we have to be moved by whatever we think appeals to us, in order to take action. I am pretty sure nobody wants the person that is going to be bad for the country, but how do we know who would that be? In this instance we have the advantage of knowing one candidate and that experience can tell us something about him. The Scriptures says: For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit . . . For each tree is known by its own fruit. . . The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good (Luke 6:43a, 44a, 45a) But most of the time we are blinded because our own interest which is stronger than goodness and we do not measure the goodness for the whole nation. But God does, and He knows the heart of everyone; and we are praying that the best one wins.

Of course whoever is the best for one is the worst for the other and we are never going to agree. That is why we have to pray that in everything the will of God prevails and let Him be the One who wins. If we are moved by God’s will we should pray with wisdom and that is humbling ourselves as King Asa once did when the Israelis (a few thousand warriors with shields and spears, and some with bows) had to fight against a million Ethiopians (better armed, and with chariots)  and won., for there’s nothing impossible to God:

           

“Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let no man prevail against you. (II Chronicles 14:11)