“No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?” (John 7:48)

If we wait for the rulers to trust Jesus before we trust Him…well, we are in for a long wait. Rulers trust in armies, lies, secrets, deception, chaos, and platitudes, not to mention taxes. Money solves every problem the last solution causes. More money always brings about the promise that the last promise failed to bring. Since childhood, I have been told that higher teacher salaries equate to better learning. Really? I have also been told that more money for policing prevents crime. Really? Prevents crime? Trust in self or some organized bunch of people and their resources will never deliver one heart from the fear of death.

Trusting Christ is better than raising taxes.

Father, my heart knew at six years of age You made everything good. Now, at 75, I know You are the Good everything is being made into.