While government is not our final destination, it is a God-given responsibility. Today, our country needs wisdom, which means it needs moral leaders, which means God’s people must enter the fray.

Thank God that He didn’t tell us to “pull ourselves up by our bootstraps”! As a result, we can humbly look at the poor, knowing that their need of redemption is no greater than ours, though it may be more visible.

Confronting our own fears may be the most difficult reform we face.