Trading Freedom - Turning In Your Bill Of Rights for What?

Trading Freedom - Turning In Your Bill Of Rights for What?
Today, we have a government official (of some sort) processing the paperwork for a man who wants to turn in his personal rights and freedoms. Why would he do that? I know this may seem a bit less on the goofball side. I have been wanting to do a piece to highlight the similarities between our world today and that of the free Israelites who were choosing subjection to a king. Samuel received the word from God Himself. He told them of all the dangers, all of the effects of putting that much power under a ruler. Even so, the people said, "Give us a king."

"So Samuel told the people what the Lord had said:

“If you insist on having a king, he will conscript your sons and make them run before his chariots; some will be made to lead his troops into battle, while others will be slave laborers; they will be forced to plow in the royal fields and harvest his crops without pay, and make his weapons and chariot equipment. He will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him. He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his friends. He will take a tenth of your harvest and distribute it to his favorites. He will demand your slaves and the finest of your youth and will use your animals for his personal gain. He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. You will shed bitter tears because of this king you are demanding, but the Lord will not help you.”

But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning.

“Even so, we still want a king,” they said, “for we want to be like the nations around us. He will govern us and lead us to battle.”

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May God have mercy on our country. This is my appeal to my friends and family. We can "get through this" but not by repeating all the hypnotic phrases that we have been served by the media and entertainment propaganda houses. It takes a break away, a casting down and casting out of these manipulative tactics of political elite and their servants.

I believe smile can break the strong mind-hold that culture has on the people right now. It takes a brave heart and a resolute mind to journey into new ways of looking at our country and the factors that we truly fight against. Fight with all your spirit through prayer and fasting. God wins - 'nuff said.