Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
Philippians 3:17-19

Dear God, Paul had “tears” in his eyes as he wrote this. It broke his heart to think about how false people would claim to be of Christ. Oh please, help me to not be one of those people.

There are a lot of people in Christendom whom I fear fit this description. They have turned to idols of political power and the idea that it will bring them safety, security, and the world they want. They think this person in or out of the White House, or this person vs that person on the Supreme Court or elected to Congress is the difference in them living the life they want to live. They lose sight of you, the true God in the process.

But as I point the finger at them, are there not three pointing back at me? Where is my faith? In what or whom do I trust? When I lift my eyes up to the mountains, from whom do I think my help comes? Is it you, the maker of heaven and earth?

To quote a song: Oh how I need you, Lord. You are my only hope. You’re my only prayer. So I will wait for you to come and rescue me. Come and lift me up.

In Jesus’s name I pray,

Amen