Why Vote? Here are 10 Reasons You Should

Today is election day and everything you hold dear – your values, life issues, taxes, health care, and more, will need your vote.

Top Ten Reasons Why Christians Should Vote:

1. Voting publicly recognizes that we submit to the authority of the political system in our nation as established by God. Romans 13:1-7

2. Voting recognizes the equality of all people and their right to speak and be heard. James 2:1

3. Voting is one way that we can obey God's command to seek the good of those around us and our nation as a whole. Philippians 2:3

4. Voting shows that we care deeply about who our leaders are as we are urged to offer prayer and intercession on their behalf. 1 Timothy 2:1,2

5 Voting is a simple yet significant way we can do something about politics in our nation. ‘All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing, Edmund Burke. Psalms 34:14

6 Voting makes a difference in the same way a grain of salt makes a difference, and that is how we are to influence our society for good. Matthew 5:13

7 Voting is a privilege not to be taken for granted. Those of us who reap the benefits of living in a democracy should play a part in upholding democracy.

8. Not voting is a form of voting, as it will influence the outcome. We need to take responsibility for our actions, as well as our lack of actions. I Peter 1:13

9. Voting is part of our stewardship to use all the resources we have been given in ways that honor God; to waste a vote is to squander a gift.

10. Voting is Biblical. Jesus commands us to fulfill our responsibility to the civil authority. Matthew 22:21

 

* Source: Adapted from Florida Family Policy Council and Let Freedom Ring, Inc. which referred to original source: "Fact file: Top Ten Reasons to Vote"

 

by Kandiah Krish in "Just Politics."