Doing The Will Of God

Prayer led North Carolina governors make wise decisions, say four men
who have held the office. Prayer has always led to good decisions, "even
when I didn't know it" at the time, former Gov. Jim Holshouser told the
Asheville Citizen-Times.

"I ran for governor because of what I believed and had learned in the
church and from the life of Jesus," Gov. Jim Hunt said. The two men
joined former governors Bob Scott and Jim Martin Aug. 4 in sharing their
faith before an audience of Montreat, N.C., residents, including young
people, at the Montreat Conference Center, run by the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.).

All four are ordained Presbyterian elders who are active in their
congregations. Martin, the son of a Presbyterian minister, said his
religious training saw him through unpopular stands when he supported
open housing for all races during the 1960s as a Mecklenburg County
commissioner, the newspaper reported.

Hunt said the biggest temptation facing politicians is campaign money.
"I had to raise $10 million to run for governor the last time. You have
to raise all this money to have any chance of winning. I tell you with
all the lobbyists and the pressure, there is the great temptation not to
do what you know is good and what God wants you to do." Jesus Christ
"would be here doing unpopular things -- a lot of which these lobbyists
would not want him to do," he said.

ReligionToday.com, August 11, 20000