justice in the government

JUSTICE IN THE GOVERNMENT

You don’t usually think of a political fundraiser as beautiful and inspiring, but I was deeply encouraged to experience something of this recently.  The featured candidate currently serves as a Democrat on the New York City Council and is running for New York State Senate.  Ministry and business leaders, men and women of all backgrounds, including Caucasian, Latino, and African-American, filled the home where the fundraiser was held.  These dynamic Christian leaders support this candidate not because he is Democrat, or Latino, or a man.  They were not supporting him because he would do a favor for them or for people like them, or because of his likability (even though he is very likable).  They support him because he demonstrates godly understanding of governmental responsibility.Over 150 years ago, heroic citizens of the United States supported a president who opposed slavery, even though they had reasons of self-interest to vote for other candidates, and even though there were other, though less significant, justice issues.  American citizens must once again seek the promotion of justice as the highest ideal in the selection of governmental leaders.  Hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake, and we must do everything we can to see that our government promotes justice as its number one responsibility.