IS IT RIGHT FOR A TRUE CHRISTIAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT?

First of all, I am not against a Christian running for president. I believe it is possible for God to call a member of His beloved to govern a nation. However, I cannot also incline to the other side of the court and say that Christians should desire political offices. Why? Because there are many universal Biblical facts that show that there is no need for such. I have listed these facts below to help you with your judgment.

FACTS

1) The primary goal of a Christian believer is not to "fix the world". God has never commanded us to gain ground here. Our purpose is not to "fix the world" or "make it a better place" even though we do affect nations positively. Our main purpose is to preach the Gospel and tell people about the eternal God for His glory and the salvation of men.

The Bible describes the world as a place ruled by the prince of darkness, aka the devil, himself. It even goes far to state that mankind would abandon truth and become more wicked as generation goes by. This is indeed a present reality and will go on. Thus, our goal is not to change the world even though we do partially change the world as we live in submission to God. Our goal is to teach people about God and get as many people out of this sinking, rotting place until He comes back to judge the condemned and redeem His followers.

2) Jesus will come back to earth once all have heard the Gospel and the full number of His elect is completed. He will return as a Judge. To those who did not believe, He will come with fire. To those who did believe, He will come with grace. But this is not all. The Bible says there will be a "new heaven" and "new earth". Therefore, it is Jesus who will ultimately fix the world, not us.

This is one of the reasons why I cannot totally go to the other side and openly declare that Christians should run as presidents or senators. If Jesus will fix the world on His return, what's the point of doing it now? Didn't He just commanded us to preach the Gospel and live for Him until He returns? But then again, I also cannot say that Christians cannot run as presidents. If a Christian truly feels it is the will of God for him to run, why not? There are some Biblical references to this. The only thing that should be remembered is that our goal is not to fix the world. Only God can do that and He will do that. Our concern is living for Him on a daily basis, worshipping Him and preaching Him to the lost that they too may join our fellowship.

3) God is sovereign. This is the biggest fact that we have to face. If God is sovereign, what's the sense of running for president even with the good intention of changing the world? Everything is under His control. Should not we just focus on what He has commanded us to do? There's a lot of struggles we have to face to bother ourselves with such a task. Our neighbors.. have they already heard the Gospel? It is better to stick to God's will than go outside of it, even if you have good and pure motives.

4) God is the only who is capable of fixing this world. Even those in the annals of history who have changed the world, believers or non-believers, did so by the grace and power of God.

5) Lastly, God has promised to reorder His universe, cleansing it from the dark horde that governs it and the unregenerate who loves it. He promises a future, which is soon to come, in which He would personally dwell with His people and wipe every tear. There would be no more sin, war, suffering or chaos.

In Biblical prophecy, when God declares something to come, it is considered a reality, not a possibility. Thus, it is just a matter of time before these things are fulfilled.

Let us wait anxiously for these things, continuing to do what He has commanded us to do until the full measure of His elect are saved. When all have heard the Good News, He will come back to restore all things, fulfilling all of Scripture.