"Majority Rules!"

  When I was a kid we played games outside a lot. When all the neighbor kids came over, it was rather interesting. We had an empty lot across from our house. All kids need to have that empty lot that's a whole block long once in their childhood! The house at the next block was always our goal to hit a baseball that far. What an incredible feeling to hit the side of their house breaking a window or chipping off a piece of their wooden fence. You might say that's not good but you see, we just hit a baseball the length of the city block! We could deal with the result because to hit one that far as a kid was what all the kids in the neighborhood had as their goal. It gave you respect in the eyes of all because you were the 'power hitter!'

  Many times in the different games we played, whether football, baseball or just chasing each other around being silly, when we would want to change a rule we simply stated 'majority rules!' The vote was cast and that was that! 'Majority rules' was the end to every matter. What I have learned since that time is the majority is not always right. In fact, the majority is rarely right! That might come as a surprise to some. We live in a day and time where 'majority rules' seems to set the standards on how we approach life. What we learn from the word of God is whatever the majority is doing or believes, that's probably not the course to take.

  If the 'majority ruled' the Israelites would have returned to Egypt as slaves when the mighty hand of God brought them to freedom. They were voting to return to bondage! If the 'majority ruled' David would have never stepped forward to stand against Goliath who taunted God's people and spoke evil of the Almighty! David would have stayed with the sheep and nothing more.

  When the 'majority rules' they made their own god to go before the nation that had witnessed the mighty powers of God to help! Many lost their lives and souls. When the 'majority rules' the people became fearful of listening to God thinking they would fall prey at the hands of their enemies and refused to go into the land of promise. The result, two men were allowed to enter. The majority died in the wilderness. When the 'majority rules' they wanted to stamp out the truth of God's word as spoken by the apostles and stay with what they wanted to believe. When the 'majority rules' man chose Barabbas, an evil and murderous man, over Jesus and killed Him.

  God will have the final say in the lives of every man and woman that has lived and will ever live. Remember, the majority aren't going to make it in the end and that's the word of Lord Jesus Christ spoke while on this earth (Matt. 7:13-14).