A Moral Crisis Calls for Godly Leadership

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.

Psalm 32:12

It seems that all we hear about on the news nowadays is the 2012 presidential election. So what exactly is it that you are looking for in a presidential candidate? Most people are mainly focused on the economy. They want a president that can reduce unemployment and help stabilize our economy. There are also a lot of people, however, who would just be satisfied with anybody other than Obama. But what is it that you are looking for in a presidential candidate? I’ll tell you what I am looking for and what every born-again child of God ought to be looking for. As followers of Christ, we ought to be looking for a man who fears God, loves God’s people, and obeys God’s Word.

Just this week I have made a commitment to God that I will not vote for the lesser of two evils. Even the lesser of two evils is still evil. I will only vote for a presidential candidate who fears, loves, and respects God. I believe that this nation is in a moral crisis, and the only way to get out of that crisis is to elect a godly leader. Someone who does not believe that the issues we face today are directly  related to the fact that we as a nation have fallen morally does not have what it takes to lead this nation. And we need someone with a backbone, someone who is not afraid to look at an issue and say, “That is morally wrong!”

This nation needs a president who can see the difference between discrimination and moral judgment. Racism is discrimination. Treating someone differently because of the amount of his income is discrimination. Treating someone differently because of his age is discrimination. Saying that it is wrong to kill a baby in the womb is a moral judgment. Saying that it is wrong to redefine what God defined in the beginning is a moral judgment. If someone broke into my house and stole all of my possessions, you would not tell me that it would be discriminatory for me to press charges against him. If I saw someone brutally beat and murder my elderly grandmother, no one would say that it would be discriminatory for me to press charges against that person. God has given us a moral standard to live by. It is the God-given responsibility of the leaders of this nation to hold the people of this nation accountable to that standard.

As a nation, we need a president who is not afraid to stand up and say, “Homosexuality is wrong because God said so!” We need a president who is not afraid to stand up and say, “Abortion is wrong because God said so!” Not only do we need a president who really believes those things, but we need a president who will do something about it. We need a president who will say that it ought not to be up to the states to decide whether or not homosexual marriage should be legal or whether or not abortion should be legal in their particular state. We need a president who will say that this is the United States of America; therefore, what is legal in one state should be legal in all fifty states, and what is illegal in one state should be illegal in all fifty states. Both abortion and homosexual marriage are morally wrong; therefore, both of them should be made illegal in all fifty states.

I know what you are thinking. “But there is not a presidential candidate out there…” Oh ye of little faith. God can do whatever He wants to do. Second Chronicles 7:14 says, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” As Adrian Rogers used to say, "We cannot do it without Him, but He will not do it without us." If every born-again child of God will rise to the challenge, turn from his prideful ways, and earnestly seek the face of God, I am telling you today that God will send us that man. I believe that there are enough Christians in this nation to take this nation back for Jesus Christ. The question is, are we willing to do what God says in order to make it happen?