It's Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

I'm Albert Molar, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from

a Christian worldview.

Well, it's election day in the United States, but make no mistake, and I say this with regret

it may be sometime until we know exactly what the returns will be, and what the results

of the election will shape up to be in coming days we're going to find out more, but the

reality is that right now, the most important thing I can say is that you must be certain

that if you are qualified to vote, you vote.

That if you are a citizen of the United States, if you are qualified to vote, it is your

responsibility to vote.

And as you understand this in a Christian perspective, if in a situation like this, you

have a right to vote, not voting becomes a vote.

Not voting is actually a part of the math.

You basically give a greater value to every other vote within the jurisdiction in which

you might have voted.

And from a Christian biblical perspective, the important thing to recognize is that there

is no way out of this responsibility.

That is a part of the social compact of living in an electoral system of self-government.

In such a system, every single citizen who has the right to vote, thus has a stewardship

that even if unexercised is still very significant, the math is still very, very

important.

Your vote really does matter.

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