I really appreciate the fact that Obama is praying for a solution to the debt problem, I truly do. I hope that his motives are pure in seeking a solution that doesn't cut aid that our government gives to those who need it most. However, we also have to be good stewards of what God has blessed us with, as we are commanded multiple times throughout scripture, being wise with national finances, instead of becoming "slaves" to those we borrow from (Prov. 22:7). In light of the multiple stories of our welfare system being abused and defrauded by thousands daily, it's really hard for me to connect our welfare system to wise financial management.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
I believe the best approach to this problem is to go ahead and make the cuts. Place a call on churches nationwide to reach out to their communities to do what God has already called them to do. Churches need to dump the building programs, extraneous projects and expenditures, and, well...be the church (Matthew 25:35-40):
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
James 1:27:Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
