Obamacare and Seven Layers of Failure
I don't post a lot about politics, but I do follow them closely and care about them in the sense of challenge that they often bring us as Christians in answering the question, "How then shall we live?" I've posted several blogs back in March regarding my serious concerns and disagreements with Obamacare.
If you are interested in hearing why I think it is already an utter failure, no better reasons could be given than in this blog post by Douglas Wilson. While acknowledging some theological differences, there is no doubting Wilson has a sharp mind, a grasp of history, a comprehension of politics, a witty pen, and a heart for Jesus. The entire post is well-worth the read as an excellent assessment of the situation we find ourselves 2 months into, and why failure can already be confidently ascribed...not because it is failing, but because it had not chance or working from the start.
If a man starts out to fill a bucket of water, and the bucket has no bottom, it is not unfair to call his efforts a failure. You're simply stating that what he's attempting to do is impossible. Therefore calling it a failure is simply describing reality...it will never happen.
The article not only presents a well-thought through censure of the derisible Obama polices, it also ends with a powerful word for the Christian on politics and perspective. After proving his knowledge and passion for involvement in politics, he gives this well-said closing word:
Politics is no savior -- and if politics were our savior, we now see what a tawdry, dishonest, skulking, mendacious savior it is. It is a lifeguard who cannot swim. It is a contagious and disease-ridden surgeon. It is an accountant who can't count. It is a carpenter who doesn't believe in nails. This is government of the ninnyhammers, by the ninnyhammers, for the ninnyhamers...
The only real alternative for us is to worship Jesus Christ, who is the only true Savior. Our response to all this must not be limited to a truncated civic activity -- letters, calls, signing, voting, that kind of thing. All lawful and appropriate, of course, but utterly inadequate in themselves to the need of the hour.
Our response to this must occur on a seven-day cycle -- every Lord's Day, we and our families need to assemble before the Lord and worship Him, cry out to Him, sing praise to Him, and feed on His Word while submitting ourselves to that Word. And why? "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us" (Is. 33:22).
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