A Time for Everything

OK - it's all said and done now. We have a new President-Elect. Not my #1 choice, but that's OK, too. As means of concession, I have even taken down some of my most critical posts. Why? Because it's time to move on. It's time for me to focus on what I can do to make things better - better for me, better for my family, better for my congregation. It's time to get to work on what really matters - my God, my family and my faith. It's time to look around and see who I can share with, who I can help and inspire and push and pull to be the person God needs them to be. There is much to do for the Christian today and it has very little, if anything at all, to do with who sits in the Oval Office. We told our kids the other night to remember what Paul tells Timothy in 2 Tim 2:1-4: "Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (NKJV). See, our point in wanting a President who is at least favorable to Godly pursuits is not so we can have more money or a stronger military or even for him to keep us safe from terrorism. Our objective in praying for good leaders is for GOD'S SAKE! We want good leadership so we can lead a quiet life and live in godliness and decency so we can be free to share the Gospel with others - so our example can shine out to the people around us and we can draw them closer to God...because that's what HE wants!
Do we need strong leaders? Certainly. Would I rather have seen someone else in the White House - perhaps even a couple of other "someone elses" running for the office? Sure. But what it comes down to is this: God is still God and I am still His loyal, loving, devoted, humble, thankful servant. And this is my prayer: "LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!" (2 Chronicles 14:11)