In a pre-election newspaper column, William Safire posed the question, "What do you do when the candidate you support takes a position you don't like [or when] the candidate you oppose takes a stand that you admire?"

Safire suggested three options:

1. Switch candidates.

2. Stay with your original choice and put on a button that says, "Nobody's perfect."

3. Be like the proverbial old woman who says, "I never vote. It only encourages them."

Now think about the spiritual parallel. What are our choices when Jesus, our Leader, takes a position we don't like, or when the enemy we oppose takes a stand more to our liking? Some will switch and walk with Christ no more (John 6:66). But that's not a valid option for those who know Him (v.68). Neither can we wear a button that says, "Nobody's perfect." Jesus is the Holy One of God. He is perfect. If we disagree with Him, it is because we are wrong. Furthermore, we can't be like the person who never votes. Our Lord didn't give us that option. We must choose whom we will follow.

Today, we need to be as wise as Peter and the other disciples. We must follow the Lord even when His ways are contrary to ours.  — Mart De Haan