If you haven’t taken advantage of early voting in your state, I strongly urge you to vote tomorrow. , especially if you follow Jesus. That is not something I ordinarily do. I believe that part of being a responsible voter is doing your best to understand the issues and the candidates. My usual plea for those who have not made this effort by now is to stay home! Decisions made in ignorance or from shallow impressions will too often be poor ones.

I only ask one think, assuming you know your Bible well enough to do this. Read the major party platforms. See which of them most closely aligns with God’s word, then choose your candidates accordingly. Neither will be perfect, but one will be far superior to the other.

I entitled this post “Vote for Jesus.” You might well reply that if He were on the ballot, you would happily do so. But He isn’t. He never will be. One day “every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” No one will have a vote on that day. But that day has not come, and until then we have a responsibility as citizens of a country that allows us a say in our government to cast our vote for the people who will most closely adhere to His will.

Granted, there are many issues on which honest people may disagree about what that is, but there are some things on which there should be little doubt. Human life is sacred from the moment of conception. No one has the right to take innocent human life. I recently saw an internet meme that made a very good statement. If you fight for women’s rights, start with allowing them to be born! Speaking of women, how can we protect their rights if we can’t even define who they are? God created male and female. He made them different from each other, each designed with unique qualities best suited for working together to raise a family and preserve a society.

I could go on, but the arguments become more complicated as we delve into more complex issues. It’s far to late in the game for me to tackle those, and you’re probably not going to read it even if I stay up half the night writing it. My plea is that you who believe will prayerfully consider your choices, go to the polls tomorrow, and vote for Jesus. He’s not on your ballot, but He is in your heart, and His Holy Spirit will guide you into the truth if you will let him.