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Back to Table of Contents | Back to Main Index Previous Editorials | Send mail to The Voice Stand in the Gap and Vote In this country, we all have a voice. We all have the opportunity to vote, and we should take it. Our ancestors fought and died so that we could have a say in our government. In 2000, only 55 percent of Americans voted. Walking away from the political - and therefore social and economical - turmoil that faces us each day is tempting. As Christians, we can easily decide that prayer is the best thing to do for our country. Yes, prayer is important. But we can't ask God for a good leader and then refuse to vote for one ourselves. Sure, if God wanted to, he could go into the voter's box and supernaturally change the votes. But that's not the way he operates. As Christians, we have to put the stone in the slingshot. In Ezekiel 22:30, God told Ezekiel that he had searched for someone to "stand in the gap before me for the land, so that I would not destroy it." Voting is a form of standing in the gap. Voting is our Christian duty. Voting accomplishes something. You may think that one vote makes no difference. True, one vote in itself is not much. But you cannot have 1,000 votes without the one. President Bush won Florida by 537 votes in the 2000 election. Unfortunately, since 1992, the number of voting Christians has dropped by 40 percent. This year's election might come down to only a few hundred votes. Two or three congregations of 500 could turn the upcoming election if they wanted to. Your voice is your most powerful weapon. Use it. Vote on Nov. 2. Back to Table of Contents | Back to Main Index Previous Cover Stories | Top Of Page Send mail to The Voice| Journalism department website © 2004 The Voice. No part of this publication may be reproduced in written or electronic form without prior written consent from the journalism adviser of Multnomah Bible College. All rights reserved.