I write three blogs, and none are political (I hope), but the news this week shows the hazards of placing belief and faith in a person other than Jesus. Just while I was writing about ethics in business, the message is interrupted by this announcement–Eliott Spitzer, governor of New York and former crusading prosecutor, has been implicated in a high-priced call girl scheme. According to news reports, there exists a call girl ring based in Washington, D.C. that rents girls for $1,000 to $5,500 per hour. Spitzer transferred “large amounts” of cash from two of his bank accounts to the leader of the ring. What makes this news is that he has made a career out of prosecuting all sorts of ethical problems including sex trade. People in New York overwhelmingly elected him governor based on his crusading past and promise to clean up corruption in Albany.
Sometimes the demons people fight within are reflected in the preoccupations that they have on the outside. He had a weakness (guess that makes him human), but he evidently couldn’t deal with it within himself.
God uses people to do his work, and Spitzer definitely did a lot of work that God would approve. But now, he has a lot of additional work to do to redeem himself. I hope he does. But for all of us, it’s a reminder to place our complete faith in the relationship with Jesus. People will do good, and people will fall short. Honor the good they do, but don’t place all your faith in humans. A lot of good came out of the fall of the powerful after Watergate in the early 70s (think Chuck Colson and his prison ministry, for example). Perhaps a powerful and influential person like Spitzer can face his demons and come out of this doing even more good work. Or maybe the demons win. It’s the same battle we all face.
Tags: Christianity, religion, spirit
Faith Venture 
March 12, 2008 at 12:23 pm |
Follow yourself.
“Nosce te ipsum” – Know thyself
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