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When we stand before God at the final judgment, He will ask for an account of what we did with all the blessings He gave us — our lives, our families, our material possessions. Some will reply, “Lord, I loved my wife, I raised my children right, I was a good steward with all that You gave me.” “Well done,” He will say. But then He will ask, “I gave you a government. What did you do with that?”

Many Americans will not have an answer. In the parable of the talents in Matthew and Luke, a master entrusted each of his servants to be stewards, or managers, over a certain number of talents, then he departed for a season. When he returned to settle accounts, two of his servants had multiplied the talents they were given and they were rewarded for being good stewards. But because the third servant was afraid, he hid his talent. He did nothing with it. That servant got into trouble with his master.

Like the fearful servant, for years many Christians have chosen not to get involved in what is going on in the world politically. We have let fear, confusion and apathy keep us from taking our proper place in this country.

The interesting thing about the servants in this parable is that not one of them asked to be a steward over the talents he was given. Still, the master held them accountable.

In the same way, as Americans we didn’t ask to be born here. We didn’t ask for this government. Nevertheless, God is going to hold us accountable for what we do with what we’ve been given. Being involved in the civil arena is not an option….especially in America.

Content sourced from Dave Barton, founder of WallBuilders, a pro-family organization which seeks to educate grassroots society to rebuild America’s constitutional, moral and religious foundations - as seen in Kenneth Copeland Ministries “Believer’s Voice of VICTORY” magazine