Tyrannical Government and Governors

Thursday morning, I read a passage about the power of insistent prayer achieving effective action in the Bible’s book of Luke (Luke 18:1-8 NASB). 

18 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, ² saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. ³ There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.’ ⁴ For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, ⁵ yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.’”

 ⁶ And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge said; ⁷ now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? ⁸ I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

Immediately I was impressed to apply this passage to the current outrage and rising protests to the largely overblown and unnecessary actions by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and other leaders in their response to the coronavirus so-called pandemic.

Realistically, it is more like a plannedemic, if you ask me. Oh, the virus is very real alright, but most of the officials’ response to it is far worse than the virus-causing disease itself could ever be.

By my count there have been at least five protests so far of Gov. DeWine and his administration’s handing of the coronavirus “crisis.”

I attended the third protest held at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, 4.17.2020, where some 50 souls gathered to object to Gov. DeWine’s and his petite pro-abortion tyrant-in-a-white-lab-coat, Dr. Amy Acton’s overreaction and overreach based on her far-fetched, false, fear-inducing statistical models on which she based her questionable ACTiONs. These models have proved to be wholly and woefully misleading. After all, they come with the blessing of the communist-globalist infused World Health Organization (WHO), which gladly President Trump ended funding of that evil anti-American organization.

The first protest (and here) was held Thursday, 4.9.2020 at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, against Governor’s reaction and action regarding the coronavirus “pandemic.”

Then on Monday, 4.13.2020, a second protest (and here), where 75-100 people gathered and continued the drive to end the shutdown or lockdown of America’s and Ohio’s economy and the accompanying unnecessary job losses.

Other states were also seeing protests gaining momentum in their capitols. One powerful example was the snarling traffic jam caused in Lansing, MI when thousands and thousands of cars participated in a drive-around the Capitol in protest of Hitleresque Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s (D-MI) tyrannical display of socialist power grab imitating the actions of a third world dictator who recently gained unlimited power over his or her subjects.

I didn’t join the fourth protest, Saturday, 4.18.2020. That day’s protest attracted hundreds, 200+ protesters, more than doubling the total of all the previous protests.

But I did attend the fifth protest, which was conducted on Monday, 4.20.2020. This protest drew 500 or more people, a nice cross section of American society being represented from babies, families, young people, adults to COVID-19 susceptible but patriotic and perturbed elders. The day started off with prayer and ended with resolve to continue this very worthy endeavor.

A CALL TO PRAYER AND ACTION

Just as in the case of Jesus’ parable about the wicked judge mentioned above, we must  incessantly demand our leaders do the right thing and simultaneously diligently praying. And secondly, by faith, act on those demands and prayers against the misguided Governor(s) who stubbornly and unwisely refuse to end this drawn out and mostly unnecessary and unreasonable economy- and job-destroying shutdown.

Some poignant signs dramatically and loudly shouted on Saturday, “People are Essential,” “Jobs are Essential,” and the “Economy is Essential”!

Let us emulate the abused widow and insist incessantly that the judge (or governor) remedy the injustice we are facing - the economy and job-killing lockdown - until he relents and gives into our just demands.

Obviously, Gov. DeWine, (Dr. Amy Acton and others in his administration as well as leaders of other states) by his (their) actions disrespects and neither fears God nor the disgruntled people. In other words, the Governor is clearly ignoring the just demands of the We the People, when they stand outside near or on the steps of the statehouse demanding to be heard.

Stated differently, let us continue to bother, wear down the resistance of the Governor(s) by dramatically continuing to increase our numbers at protests as well and intensifying the pressure this Saturday and onward at the Statehouse in Columbus and other state capitols across our still somewhat free nation.

“Give Me Liberty, or Give Me COVID-19,” read another insightful, inspired sign I observed this past Saturday, which clearly summarizes the dilemma and situation facing U.S.

MOUNTING PROTESTS

Now this Saturday, 4.25.2020, at 1:00 p.m. thousands are expected to join the protest again in Downtown Columbus. If you live in Ohio and can come you are needed. Pray. Protest. Persevere.

RESOURCES

In a recent policy briefing (Thursday, 4.23.2020) American Policy Roundtable offered some additional analysis and action steps that we should follow to bring about better future outcomes. Their daily and weekly radio and podcast are highly informative.

The website We the People Convention has a great deal of helpful and insightful information dealing with how we can respond to our government's missteps and what we can practically do about it. Tom Zawistowski has a weekly radio show and podcast that offers a weekly summary of useful news to the conservative-minded patriot.