The Choice Is Yours.

       We are now getting closer and closer on the date wherein we as individuals will use the power of choice that will determine the destiny of our nation. A one-time big time event that will shake and shift the course of our country again. A crucial time where we as citizens of this nation cannot afford to become victims again, but rather use our minds to decide circumspectly in choosing the ones who are capable and eligible to do it.

       And as Christians, being led by His Spirit and people who know God’s Word, we are mandated to bring change as a part of this society that we’re living in. We cannot afford to treat this opportunity lightly. We must be confident that our votes as it will be casted and counted will bring a voice that will change the tainted image of politics throughout the decades.  We can’t be so blind and ignorant enough. Our future is at stake.

      Just want to share you some relevant tips that you can consider as you vote this coming elections before that indelible ink will be dropped at your fingers.

Be Watchful– Watching forums provided by Comelec and television networks and following news about these candidates will help you become aware of their capabilities (and weaknesses, as if they will show it) and what they can offer for this country to convince us why should we vote them. We must become vigilant about any move that these candidates will do. For now the only basis that we can consider to choose as of this moment is what we see about them. Observe how they deal and talk with people. Observe how they walk their talk. Observe how they run their lives every day on and off the camera. We don’t know them at all. But we can know it gradually by how they live their lives.Their action of life speaks louder than the words that they promise.

Be Intuitive – Choose people who have an integrity, aptitude and capacity that cannot be questioned. We don’t want to pick people who are hollow in their convictions and capabilities in life and government and how they relate with their environment. We can reckon it on how they’ve proved their service to the people as they served in government and people all these years. We must appoint someone that his/her life can stand qualified without any spot or taint of uncertainty.

Be Spiritual–We shouldn’t negate what the Word of God says about choosing the right leaders and eventually submit ourselves unto it. In the remaining days of the campaign period, spend some time to pray for the destiny of our nation and that we may have a truthful, honest, history-changing elections. Ask God for discernment to know and choose carefully the right person that He wants to appoint in this higher degree of authority in the land. God honours our prayers. He will not left it unanswered.

Be Educated– Ignorance is a result of unawareness. We cannot disregard the potential of having a great future because of our lack of knowledge today.  Especially to those registered voters that are young at age. A big chunk of the country’s registered voters belongs to these group. You can watch news or if you’re a reader, (read the Bible first, then) read well-known sensible newspapers. Or rather than spending hours in playing computer games or scrolling and posting other things in different social media sites, why don’t you use an ample time to educate and inform yourself online? The information that we need about the candidate’s whole self is just a click away. You have no excuse to be informed.

Be Logical -We cannot expect that the fruit that we will be harvesting is different from the kind of seed that we will sow. We need to have a guided formal principles to act that will guarantee the effect of what we will be doing today by selecting the eligible people to fill in those government posts. If an old system is prevailing from the former governance, we need to replace new ones with new ideas that will eradicate it. We cannot stay the same and expect for change. Why do you need to use something that’s worn-out and exhausted if you can replace it? Just saying.

Be Yielding – to your own convictions. Do not let yourself be convinced by those too-good-to-be-true or asserting commercials that you see in your TV screens, influence you with their opinions or bribe you with something so you can be persuaded. Never influence other’s conviction as well.  Learn how to respect other's views too. At the end of the day, you will give account upon the choice of candidates that you’ve chosen. Sleep with peace in your heart and settlement in your mind knowing that whom you’ve selected is the person you believe that will make the job accomplished.

       It takes a risk to trust them. Let us be also reminded that the candidates we will choose are not perfect. To reach on a destiny that we want to arrive, rallying our hopes and aspirations to let this country be changed is not enough. Believing in ourselves with the aid of the Almighty God and participating in what needs to be done is also necessary. They are not superheroes that will change the country and the system in one day. Let us be the change that we want to be for this nation. And we can make that change by voting WISELY.