Press One

Once in a while I’ll have a weak moment and respond to a political robocall. I suppose in the back of my mind I think participating in such a poll gives me somewhat of a voice on the political landscape. In a recent survey I went through the litany of political candidate preference questions — press 1 for very positive, 2 for somewhat positive, 3 for no opinion, 4 for somewhat negative, and 5 for very negative. Then, taking a strange turn the question was, “How likely are you to lease a car in the next year?” Press 1 for …” I still have no idea if I participated in a political poll, a marketing survey, or a combination of the two. Sometimes we approach biblical instruction in the same manner as taking a survey — we don’t want to be obedient to the Word, we simply want to weigh in and give our opinion.