Campaign Promises and the Need for a Savior

We are now officially in the political season. I have been privileged to have both John McCain and Barak Obama call my house. Oh sure, they were taped messages but I can still feel special if I want. I tend to be cynical when it comes to political campaigning. It seems like each candidate needs to emphasize what is wrong with the country and try to hook in to my basic tendency to be dissatisfied with my life. It seems like most of us would be a little more content if someone wasn't constantly pointing out what we don't have. I guess it wouldn't make much sense to run a campaign pointing out all the incredible blessings every American enjoys. Anyway, each candidate takes the opportunity to hook into my dissatisfaction and then that leads to campaign promises. I think in the last few weeks I have been promised virtually everything by one candidate or another. Both John and Barack promised me a ton personally and I have the voicemail to prove it. I used to think the promises fed into self-centeredness generally but I think differently now. I think there is something in a campaign that feeds into my need for a Savior. Everyone has this inkling deep down that they need something or better yet someone. So now every time I hear a campaign promise I am reminded of my longing for a Savior. One who promises what I really need and then delivers. In Isaiah 55 the One who Isaiah simply refers to as The Servant cries out "Ho, everyone who is thirsty come to the waters and you who have no money come buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why do you spend your money on what does not satisfy and your wages on what is not bread? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good and delight yourself in the abundance of fare". Now that is a campaign promise.