Jockeying for some type of personal or ideological win on the back of human tragedy.  Truly deplorable, the process of photo-opping one’s way in to the media through in-authentic compassion for a group of people because it makes us appear engaged.  For shame those who would use any person or family’s downfall as leverage for personal or appearance manipulation.  Especially those Christian’s who would support the downtrodden or tragedy stricken to elevate your position this practice is unacceptable and by the way you have received your reward.  There will be no reward waiting for you in heaven.  Help those in need because it is the right thing to do.  And this argument can be carried into all the other facets of life for the individual and for this great nation.

Stand up for the poor because God said to do so.  Don’t borrow or overspend because the Lord says that it is wrong to defer your personal financial requirements to anyone else.  Don’t seek personal gain or allow greed to guide your decision making because God warns against this behavior.  What’s more the Bible actually precludes the man practicing these behaviors from  church leadership.  Love people, not because of the benefits it will bring you by doing so publicly, but for the joy it will bring your Father in Heaven when he sees you care for His children.  Do not justify any sin as necessary or acceptable because someone in the Bible did so and was beloved of God.  Do not support, defend, promote, condone or gloss over any practice that is abhorred by the King of Kings.  Do not seek personal gain through works so that you may ingratiate humans to your endearment.  Do not lose your position as salt and light or you will have become worthless and worthy of nothing but being cast underfoot.

For those who have millions of dollars in their bank accounts and can stand bye while people dumpster dive for food, struggle for fuel to get to work, remain unprotected from the elements and sit in despair wondering how to care for their families, your heart is misaligned.  Mayor Bloomberg, out of his own “EXCESS” finances could purchase necessary fuel to overcome the deficit faced by his constituents.  Bruce Springsteen, Hilary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama and many others who have been blessed by God could personally finance these suffering people.  Yet instead they have spent over a billion dollars in pursuit of a job that pays four hundred and fifty thousand dollars per year.  The reasons are obvious.  To say that you do something because that is the way the game is played is surrender to the world’s rules.  We are called to rise above and perform to the standard of the God who have given us existence and saved us from the maw of eternal damnation.  Give because it was given to you.  Love because you were first loved.  Fight because in so doing you may provide the opportunity for someone else to make it to salvation.  Speak Word’s of Righteousness, Truth and Peace because those are the words provided you by your Maker.  Serve God and in doing so lead men to salvation.  Christ be praised.  Honor God, not yourself.  Amen.