Concerning Matters of Politics and Presidents

"Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save." (Psalm 146:3)

We have a tendency to place our hope in those who are elected, and always end up being disappointed - because politics by its very nature requires compromises. Ultimately, whoever is elected will always make decisions that prove difficult for the greater silent majority; seeing they are swayed mostly by those who are vocal and vindictive - which things we are not.

Our consolation comes in knowing this great truth - "The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord: (Proverbs 16:33). The message says, "Make you motions and cast your votes, but GOD has the final say."

Elsewhere the Bible say, "...promotion comes neither from the east, not from the west, not from the south, But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another." (Psalm 75:6-7). The bottom line is this - the vote is cast by man; but the decision is made by God.

The question then is simple - do we trust God, or not? Does He know what He is doing, or not? Is He good, or not?

"But what if evil advances?" we ask, "What if darkness prevails? What then?"

There is a great old poem that answers it best:

"Though the cause of evil proper, yet the Truth alone is strong;
Though her portion be the scaffold, and upon the Throne be wrong.
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown,
stand God within the shadow keeping watch above His Own."

Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." This covers a wide variety of problems, for He went on to say, "In the world you shall have trouble; but in Me you will have peace - for I have overcome the world." Our peace comes when we stay focused upon the Lord.

God has also commissioned the CHURCH to PRAY for ALL those in authority. If we are not doing this, we cannot stop the devil from doing what he does best, messing up the world! As we PRAY for America, God will assure our hearts, and take care of us.

The future then, depends on US!