Amid the sordid swirl of modern politics, it’s crucial to keep one’s priorities in order. Not that the Christian doesn’t have immense responsibilities in this temporal realm. Indeed, we have been given such responsibilities by God as a most sacred trust. We are, for instance, commanded to let our lights shine, to preach and teach, to occupy until Jesus comes, to do (not only talk about or vote for) justice, to humbly dispense mercy and help, to love sinners and seek to persuade them of the truths of the gospel, to remain unstained by the world even as we confront it with the revelations we have been given of God’s character and commands.
But, when all is said and done, this earth does have an expiration date. And, thanks to the amazing grace of God offered to sinners through the death and resurrection of Jesus, Christians are citizens of another country, a better country, a redeemed country where the government will be on the shoulders of the great I AM. The marvelous reality of the world to come makes all the difference in why and how we serve our Savior in this one.
