In America we LOVE polls! We nearly idolize them! We want to know which way the political and cultural wind is blowing! Often the unwritten, but implied message is, “Com’on! Get on the bandwagon! Everyone is embracing it…doing it…believing it… and voting this way! … So should YOU, you antiquated, out of touch, egghead!”
The problem is, polls (even elections!) don’t determine what is “right” and “good!”
Just let me make this observation… Paying attention to a “poll” in America will NOT get you to heaven or win the Lord’s favor!!!
Here’s what I read in the Bible this morning during my time of “coffee with the Lord”…
“Enter by the narrow gate! For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life and those who find it are few.” (Matthew 5:13-14 ESV)
Believe me, I’m not going to determine the way I ought to live, what I ought to believe, what life values I ought to embrace, what decisions I ought to make, or who I ought to follow, based upon “polls!” I’m going to seek what God’s infallible word has to say, I’m going to make those things a matter of prayer, I’ll seek dependable counsel from godly leaders, and I’ll trust the “Holy Spirit’s nudge” informed by God’s word… That’s what I’ll do! How about you?
Coffee With The Lord 