Today is the day. It was announced earlier this morning that President Trump will reveal his nominee for the Supreme Court. The President has said that it his belief that the most important decision a sitting President can make is selecting a Supreme Court Justice. I sit here reflecting on this day and the impact that it will have for future generations. I believe that he is right in thinking that one of the most important and future-shaping decisions that can be made by a sitting President is the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice. But why?
The answer is because our children’s lives are a stake. Many of you might read this and say, “not my children.” I know that many who read this are Christians. They have loved their children from the moment they saw the test read positive. They rejoiced and prayed and thanked God for his grace and love. But that is not the case for our country and our world.
America leads and often the world follows. We have been a beacon of hope and prosperity since its inception. The words "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” have been echoed across the world and heard by those searching for a better life. We have been founded on a general truth, that all people are created equal, that all people are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We have shown the world what a democracy can do for a people and how it can help and shape the world. But sadly we have lost our way, and instead of leading we have fallen.
Regrettably, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are denied to the unborn. At the altar of culture, we have sacrificed our children to the god of convenience and an easier life. We have sacrificed our children to the god of women’s rights and political agendas. We have sacrificed our children to the god of this world. But what the old belief that it is the hard things in life that build character and a future? What about the rights of the child and the belief that the higher power supersedes political agendas? What about the actual God of this world and his plan for all children, born and unborn alike?
Today’s decision will shape our tomorrow. A war is coming and it will be in the name life, and equality, and culture. There will be causalities. If the President does, in fact nominate a conservative, and that nominee does make it past the Senate, and Roe v. Wade is overturned, a war will break out and our nation will be divided even more than it is now. If it goes the other direction, there will still be unrestricted abortion across our nation, and each day more children will be murdered and added to the already staggering sixty million bodies already laying at the altar.
But where will the church stand? The world says that the Christian Church is on the wrong side of history. The world says that we should get in line and accept that the times are changing. But one thing that the world does not understand, is that we remain firmly planted just as our God stands. He rules and reigns and will soon return to right every wrong, and avenge every child killed in the name of culture.
So I ask, are you prepared to be on the wrong side of history? Are you ready for the war that is coming? The war will claim many lives. There are many hills to fight and die on, and this one of them. Pray that God would step in and save our nation. Because we know, that our faith is not in a President or a political party—our faith is not in a Supreme Court to save our children, but in the God who knows all things and hears all prayers. So pray for strength in the hard days ahead. Pray the world would believe in the Gospel and know that all life is to be cherished and protected. Pray that the sin of abortion would be seen and Roe v. Wade would be repealed. We pray these things for our nation and for our children. May God have mercy on us in these days ahead.
—Bro. Jesse