2 Corinthians 7:9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

Forgive me for using the wrong word, coma where I meant comma. Spell Check doesn’t offer up those kinds of corrections. It will allow you to make those mistakes. I just want you to know I am grieved by this mistake. Coma is a very serious subject. My apologies.

Over the past two years I have lost two older brothers and my older sister has health issues. Death has been on my mind for some time. Morbid thoughts do not flood my days but there is a desire to finish what I have begun, which is just a small part of the bigger plan.

• Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
• Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
• Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
• John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

The Synoptic Gospels repeat it  word for word and John goes one step further in making it plain to us all just how important His Word is for our lives. Words matter, even the little ones. If even one person should be offended by my use of coma rather than comma and miss a message of salvation, I am truly grieved.

I believe that God the Father will call those who will accept Christ, my experience tells me that a lifetime of pain and suffering could have been avoided if that message were to take root earlier in someone’s life. The most grievous words I have ever heard came from a young woman I knew as a teenager. “Why didn’t you tell me then?”

Opportunities come and go for us to share His Word. It will hurt no one to deliver that seed of hope early. It is not up to us to make sure the ground is ready, only to put it out there.

I am sure my friends glazed over my mistake and might even chuckle over it, but this goes out to the World Wide Web where ridicule is rampant and points are made over the slightest mistake.

This is the social media world where once a Word is released it is out of our control.

Words have impact and His have the greatest impact, so we need to get it right.

Matthew 22:21 They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Over and over again I have warned myself not to make any of these posts about politics.

Jesus said a few things about politics, but the lesson was not political. Imagine trying to deliver a message of freedom to a people who are slaves. The slave will seek to be set free from the bondage imposed by mankind. Jesus sets us free from the bondage of sin.

For a people and place in that time Rome was their focus, not sin. The message Jesus delivered is timeless, meaning that His message is just as pertinent in today’s political arena. His message was for all people, of every tribe, tongue and nation, no matter what kind of rule is applied politically or religiously.

Isaiah 56:11 The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

The title to this section of Isaiah 56 is “Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders”. So the Word of God does address politics from a point of view of dedication and responsibility and why politics go wrong.

Romans 6:16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Remember Joseph’s brothers cast him into a pit because they would not accept that Joseph should rule over them. Joseph in his righteous obedience to God ended up ruling over them despite their efforts. That isn’t politics, that is faithfulness to God.

1 Samuel 12:14 If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well.

So the bible does speak to politics and that same message has resounded throughout history.

Fear the Lord, serve Him, obey His voice and do not rebel. Then it will be well.

That is a timeless message.