Justin Taylor points us to the ultimate source of help we need to seek in order to bring an end to abortion by calling for a fast for the protection of the defenseless. He quotes John Piper:
Piper looks at Francis Schaeffer's legacy of worldview engagement, and then writes:
But I wonder if many of the young scholars and activists (now in their forties and fifties!) whom he inspired need to hear a balancing word about the power of prayer and fasting, not as an alternative to thinking and acting, but as a radical foundation that says, “The victory belongs to the Lord, even if the horse (of scholarship and politics) is made ready for the day of battle” (see Proverbs 21:31). Listen to the books crying out for evangelical renewal and reformation in the life of the mind, the restoration of Truth in the place of technique, the recovery of church social compassion from government powerlessness, the taking of moral high ground in the environmental cause, and many other causes. Is there a sense in each of these that the root issues are so intractable to human suasion that the call for fasting and prayer would not only be fitting but desperately needed? I am commending such a call.
Every year on the anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision, marches take place around the country in opposition to the law. I don't see much fruit from these efforts (but I could be wrong). Perhaps Christians should treat this a solemn, national day of mourning, fasting, and prayer. I have much more faith in fasting and praying than marching.
Posted by: Jim F. | October 15, 2008 at 11:39 AM