Not left, not right....deeper

So I confess that about a year ago I had a very bad case of "religious politicitis". It's the disease that people get when they defend and exercise their religious beliefs in very politically dominant ways- using God, Jesus, & the Bible as the foundation for earthly man-made political views that fall in the margins of what faith and religion are truly about. We as Democrats and Republicans cling tightly to those categorical affiliations that define us, seeing the other as wrong, many times as "evil". We can even replace the word "Democrat" and "Republican" with the phrase "Christian ideals", and immediately give God a suit and a blue (or red) tie and force Him to choose a side. All along the way we argue views about the marketplace, the economy, jobs, healthcare, the environment, war, wealth, etc. We take sides as we think God would take sides. But God doesn't take sides, does He? Does He bless a Republican President or politician more than a Democratic one, or vice-versa? Does God speak universal truths through a Democrat or Republican and only one side? Is it good versus evil? God versus man? Or is it in actuality man versus himself? I believe it's the latter. We spend so much time as Americans and as humans in general taking sides and waging war against each other's humanity that we forget and neglect the humanity we should be fighting for. Now I am just one voice, just one Christian with my own understandings of the universal truths that God has given us in His word and in our hearts. But I believe our God wants us to be about His business, not the business of man. I don't think God cares about universal health care versus privatized medicine, as long as His people are taken care of and that everyone has a chance at life and medicine. I don't really think God opposes or condones socialism, but He does expect His people to make sure everyone has their fair share, that if we have 2 shirts and someone else has none that we do the logically moral thing. I don't believe God cares much about theories of Global Warming or the arguments against it, as long as we are responsibly taking care of the world He has given us dominion over and cultivating rather than consuming. I don't believe God is focused on whether or not Roe vs. Wade ever gets overturned or not, as long as His people are working hard to raise up wise men and women who understand the consequences for their actions, showing love to the scared women who need to know the options they have such as adoption and child support organizations. I think God hates all war and would prefer we seek peace, and I believe He loves extremists as much as He loves Marines. The reality is- when we are about God's business, political affiliations disappear and the lines between parties start to fade away. We start to think in a whole new way, not left or right, but rather deeper. We start to care about spreading the truths of God's love through Jesus Christ, and the business of man starts to matter very little in the grand scheme of it all. So do I think we should stay away from politics and simply not vote or be involved in our government? Absolutely not. What I believe is that we need to come to the table with a revised agenda. Instead of thinking like a Conservative or Liberal, instead of voting by party affiliation and allegiance, that we start to use our freedom of voice and choice to search out God's truth in man's business and do more for eternal hope rather than self-satisfaction. When that happens, there won't be Republicans and Democrats, but rather Freedom Fighters in exciting new numbers!