This week’s Supreme Court decision, which recognizes sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in employment discrimination, will unleash a revolution in lawsuits. The decision does not merely prevent employers from firing someone who’s gay or transitionining genders. It touches on everything from women’s sports to sororities to homeless shelters. And Neil Gorsuch, the Trump appointee who wrote the decision, declined to identify any protections for Christian churches and nonprofits to hire and fire based on their biblical beliefs and practices.

This watershed decision, when combined with Democrat-led efforts to pass the Equality Act and eliminate constitutional guarantees to religious freedom, portend an ominous future for Christian ministry in the United States. And the decision surely shakes the confidence of Christians who supported President Trump because of his Supreme Court nominees.

But it was a mistake all along to ask politics and the Supreme Court to do what only God promises. Trusting in political saviors can only bring disappointment. In fact, I’m struggling to think of any major Supreme Court decision since 1965 that advanced the sexual revolution on abortion or gay marriage that wasn’t authored by a Republican appointee. Why, then, don’t we ever seem to learn the lesson?

Earlier this year I spoke with Luke Goodrich, the leading religious-freedom attorney at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Becket’s undefeated Supreme Court record speaks for itself. But Goodrich doesn’t ask Christians to trust in the Constitution or courts. And he certainly doesn’t ask them to trust in politicians. He says:

“You can look at [our successful court decisions] and say, ‘Hey, we have it good in this country, especially compared with Christians and other countries.’ And that’s true. We do have it good. But I think ultimately our hope needs to be rooted not in favorable election results or a good Supreme Court. Our hope needs to be rooted in the person of Jesus Christ who by the way, the cross was an example of a violation of religious freedom. Jesus suffered because of his claimed relationship with God. And God brought tremendous good out of that. So we worship a Savior who is victorious, who is resurrected. And our hope comes from him. . . . It’s a hope that doesn’t depend on the outcome of the next election.”

In your disappointment and fear, I encourage you to listen to Goodrich’s assessment of the legal situation and especially his biblical encouragement to trust only in Christ.