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In this episode of Wake Up, Look Up, Pastor Zach explores the promises made by political candidates regarding the economy, especially during election seasons. Drawing from an article in The Economist, Zach discusses how both major U.S. presidential campaigns promise economic prosperity without providing concrete plans. He compares these empty promises to the biblical perspective on money management, emphasizing that God offers lasting wisdom on financial matters. Instead of relying on politicians, Zach encourages listeners to seek God’s guidance for their personal economic decisions.
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hello everyone thanks for listening to
wake up lookup a podcast where we
connect events happening in real time to
the Gospel of Jesus Christ I'm Zach wck
and today's episode we're talking about
how to fix your economy and it's
actually prompted by an article I read
in The Economist this week about the two
presidential campaigns and how both of
them are promising to lead our country
into an economic Utopia at least when
you listen to them talk I thought the
person who wrote the article had a great
phrase where they said that both
campaigns are offering a better economy
without really getting into economics
that's because when you listen to them
talk uh they're saying similar things
and they're not saying similar things
what they promise is that somehow
spending will be more but taxes will be
lower uh inflation will go away jobs
will be everywhere and the deficit won't
be a problem the only thing they don't
promise is a plan that actually tells
you how they're going to accomplish
those things uh listen that's a tale as
old of As Time politicians offering
Promises of economic prosperity and
economic recovery without taking the
time to really tell us how they would
get there of course because the more
details they give the more someone else
can come along and say that's not going
to work they're selling us on promises
and the reason why they're doing that is
because a lot of what drives voting is
the economy the old Clinton campaign
adage that it's the economy stupid said
that at the end of the day people can
get animated about a lot of political
issues but they vote most fundamentally
on their pocketbook they vote on the
economy but what's so interesting to me
is that we know politicians love to talk
about the economy and we know they make
big promises they can't possibly keep
but they keep selling because we keep
buying we keep believing their promises
we keep thinking that somehow the right
president getting elected is going to
make all of our economic problems go
away and make all of our dreams become a
reality but it doesn't work that way as
they say the the definition of insanity
is doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting different results
but from a Christian perspective what's
most troubling isn't just that they're
selling promises and we keep buying it's
that God actually has a lot to say about
about money and how to handle it well it
must break God's heart that we go
everywhere but to him when we are
looking for answers for our own economic
situation it's true that the Bible
wasn't written to lay out an economic
strategy for countries but it has a ton
to say about managing personal finances
about how to think about saving and
investing and borrowing and spending you
know when Jesus says in the gospels that
all those who are weary should come to
him for rest that they should take his
yoke upon them because his yoke is easy
and his burden is light what he's saying
is what's causing our stress is the
feeling that we have to solve things for
ourselves and what he's telling us is if
you would just let me lead if you would
hitch yourself to me and let me do the
heavy lifting of telling you what's wise
and what's good you would find rest and
also Prosperity reading the Book of
Proverbs for example Proverbs is full of
great wisdom about what to do and not do
with money how to think about work how
to advance in your career that's because
you may not realize this but the Bible
is actually written in pursuit of human
flourishing to the glory of God God is
honored as we listen to him live
according to his leadership and actually
flourish as a result the consequence of
that is that everyone around us says who
are you listening to about money and the
answer back is I'm listening to a God
who has proven he loves me through Jesus
Christ look the Bible doesn't promise US
that we're going to fulfill all of our
uh Financial dreams uh in in selling you
on the idea that if you just love God
enough and listen to him enough you'll
be rich is not really what I'm trying to
do but the Bible is full of wisdom and
it does argue especially in Proverbs
that listening to wisdom does lead to
better things and ignoring wisdom leads
to worse things so this fall What If
instead of thinking that uh vice
president Harris or former president
Trump had all the answers to your
economic situation you instead turn to
God what if you went to God and said God
I desire for your economic plan for your
view of money for your philosophy of
spending and saving and investing to
actually shape my life their track
records are full of broken promises God
has never broken a single one so I don't
know which candidate is better for the
economy but I know who's better for your
economy and that is to seek the wisdom
of God through the scriptures to the
glory of Jesus Christ hey thanks so much
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