Prayer and Iniquity
Modern-day politics is not a pretty sight. No, this is not a reference to the multitude of lies and coverups perpetrated by politicians and their willing allies in the news media on a daily basis. No, this brief article looks only at one individual, who stands self-condemned—and without any pressure to say what she admitted. She was explaining why she was on time to attend an event in connection with Tim Scott, who is running for president. Notice, her purpose was to explain why she was almost late—but, nevertheless on time. Most people just explain why they are late. Below is her unsolicited testimony.
When I woke up this morning at seven (I was getting picked up at 7:45), Patrick, my fiancé, tried to pull me by my waist over this morning in bed and I was like, “No, baby, we don’t got time for that this morning; I’ve got to get to the prayer breakfast, and I’ve got to be on time.” He can wait; I’ll see him later tonight.
If your congenial editor lived in South Carolina, he would not be casting a vote for Nancy Mace (R-SC), whose 15-year-old marriage ended in 2019. The merits of her divorce (if any) are unknown, but she is certainly not setting a good example for the citizens of South Carolina. Living with someone outside of marriage is still called fornication, and it is still a sin (1 Cor. 6:9-11). In fact, the writer of Hebrews clearly states: “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge” (13:4). Her example says to the voters, “I can disobey God’s laws whenever I feel like it.” One wonders, “Does she feel the same way toward the laws of the nation?”
Certainly, she reflects a cavalier attitude toward sin—trying to make a joke of a situation that no one needed to know about in the first place. Excuse Christians for not laughing. But even worse is that she passed up yet another act of fornication in order to get to a prayer breakfast. Exactly why does she think God would listen to her? A writer of psalms wrote: “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear (Ps. 66:18). So, let’s review. If she had not had the prayer breakfast to go to, she would have committed fornication. She promised her fiancé that they could engage in the sin that night. So, all the while the prayer breakfast was going on, she never changed her moral views. She constantly regards iniquity in her heart.
“The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil…” (Ps. 34:15-16a). Is this the politician that the people of South Carolina want to represent them—someone whom the Lord refuses to hear—even if she shows up at a prayer breakfast? Surely, they can do better.