When injustice becomes law resistance becomes duty.

I read the above statement on the back of a truck today and thought it was fantastic…. And then I decided to think this clever little saying through a bit more.

How do we make social change when things are already on such decline?
How do we resist certain laws, for example lets pretend gay marriages are made legal in Australia. How does a person resist the law if it has been passed? A law that I am very doubtful would be revoked once made official. Perhaps we could be more aware of our leaders’ values and convictions before electing them. Or make more of an effort to love people out of their sin and into the fathers’ arms before their united lost voice gets so loud that the leaders feel they have to cater to them in order to win votes. Please note that I am not attacking Homosexuals. That is no way to treat any one in a sinful state. infact It marvels me that we Christians somehow think that the best way to show people their misled ways is to distance ourselves from them and condemn their life choices until they come to know God’s grace.

I have only recently become very interested in the way our country is run and while still knowing very little I do know that it was foolish of me to find no interest in who and in which direction our country is been led. But having taken notice of not only the power and responsibilities that our leaders have but also the input that I am capable of having if I would just care enough to have a say, I have gained a rather passionate mind towards Australian and international politics.

There is a show called ‘The West Wing’. It is a show about the West Wing of the white house in Washington and from this wing of the building the United States of America is virtually run. Decisions of huge ramifications are made daily, often good ones, sometimes not. The show has opened my eyes to an incredibly important industry, that of managing countries. I cannot fathom the things that go through the minds of the prime minister of Australia and his associates, let alone the president of America and his.

The amount of anger that is shown them is huge and is widespread regardless of how small the decision to be made. I think if I have learned one thing so far is that the prime minister is never right and never wrong. With such a mixed culture to look after he certainly has his work cut out for him. I bet it does not help that people are often more worried about what his bank account looks like then whether he is doing a good job or not. There is one thing I am certain will never be seen, A leader who is liked by all. Or a leader who can make right decisions and be praised for them by the majority of the people without condemning personal habits, past wrongs, and the possibility deceitful motives. A leader can only do so much, at the end of the day I believe it is the countrymen who make the decisions. Think about this. If Australia was 80 percent Christian, it would not cross the prime ministers mind to pass a gay marriage law, or promote the idea in order to be elected. However, if our Country was 80 percent gay then things would be entirely different again.

All that to say this, if we want to prevent a downward spiral of national governing then we need to remove our focus from the man at the top and put it back to the people the that steer this mans decisions. We are responsible with the truth we have been given to free people from sin and show them to our father who will then lead them in their hearts toward holy living and righteous pursuits. Don’t fight the passing of laws, fight the devil and fight sin, before a majority of people become so consumed with sin that they will govern this country. If we can win that battle then we can change laws. God is sovereign and his kingdom can reign no matter who is running the country. When his kingdom reigns in power and people come to know him on a mass scale crime will all but vanish, bottle shops will go out of business, marriages will be healed, teenagers will honour their parents, families will be reunited and God’s love will free all. I can only imagine what would happen to the top if that happened down the bottom.

Perhaps we could reword the saying that I began this writing with to say the following:

As the kingdom of God becomes bigger, injustice will drop as though on the opposite end of a seesaw.