{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Government begins with you governing you","description":"This year we look\u2014 as we do every four years\u2014 at a \u201chistorical election.\u201d Let\u2019s be honest about it. The last one was historical. As was the one before that. And the one before that. And, yes, even the one before that\u2026 In fact, they\u2019re all \u201chistorical.\u201d But what matters more than a \u201chistorical\u201d election are the things you and I do every single day to govern ourselves. It\u2019s not that the elections don\u2019t matter, it\u2019s just that, well\u2026 our private lives\u2014 and what we do with them\u2014 matter more. We tend to flip things upside down. We assume that the government is the most important area of authority. And then we presume that our churches might provide a close \u201csecond.\u201d But\u2026 When we look at the Scripture, we see something radically different. The first arena of authority God created was the family. And, individuals make up that family. That means the things which you and I do each day\u2014 not every four years\u2014 have exponentially more power than what happens in Washington. In fact, you could argue that what happens there is really a reflection of what happens here\u2026 ","author_name":"The StandFast Cast","author_url":"http:\/\/standfast.libysn.com\/website","html":"