Fight the Good Fight of Faith
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Fight the
Good Fight of Faith
Football for the kiddos is on the horizon. It was time for me to ready our equipment for
issue in August. Last Thursday, I met up
with 8th grade head coach who has followed his team since 2nd
grade. After we finished our work, we
were shooting the breeze outside the equipment shed.
He started talking about inflation and mentioned he cannot
wait we get the real president back in office.
Which of course led into a discussion about politics.
Spoiler alert: the purpose of this article is not about
politics.
We went back and forth about Economics 101, which touched
base on economic cycles of prosperity and downturns. Much of the economic outcome has little to do
with what the president is doing and more so to do with other political and
economic factors.
We talked about the Big Lie and Fake News. Lastly, we talked about the moral failure and
our democracy at risk on 1/6/21.
Here is where the point of the article takes shape.
The coach said to me he does not care about 1/6/21, climate
greenhouse effect, or . . . The Constitution in jeopardy. All he cared about is what’s in it for him in the here and
now with his wallet, and things were financially good when the previous president was in
office. So, bring him back, nothing he has done or will do matters. He said this even after admitting the former
president had some serious shortcomings.
“He was good for my wallet, nothing else matters” was the
actual comment from this man who is self-employed.
Sadly, this statement tells me we have come to a point in our
society that the love of money overrides anything else including
democracy and The Constitution.
I could easily reference, 1 Timothy 6:10, “The love of money
is the root of all evil”; however, I am going reference this passage with context.
Here is the context, 1 Timothy 6:8-12
8 But if we have food and
clothing, we will be content with that.
9 Those who want to get
rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires
that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the love of money is
a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the
faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
11 But you, man of God,
flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance,
and gentleness.
12 Fight the good fight of
the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made
your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Our responsibility to God and men is to serve the interest
of Christ and do good to others. Money idolatry
and materialism cannot steer us away from our faith focus. We cannot lose our moral compass because of riches
and politics.
I suspect nothing will come of the 1/6/21 investigation hearings. I am more concerned about the country moving
towards a selfish tone as the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The rich hold positions of power in and out
of Washington.
To defeat the evilness of money idolatry, we need to continue to
fight the good fight of faith.
Song of the week
"Your Spirit", 2017. Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Your Spirit ft.
Kierra Sheard. Vocal ensemble and unplugged.
Lyrics within the video.
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