I was thinking this week about how God works in governments and political processes in ways we often don’t understand. We need to pray, obey and vote but yet we can not forget there is also the invisible hand of God guiding history.
In the years leading up to the American Revolution, pulpits throughout the colonies were boldly declaring that succession from Britain was God’s will – with many encouraging armed resistance. However, there were also many pastors who felt such preaching of succession was simply rebellion and thus a violation of God’s clear command to honor authority in Romans 13.
Which side was God on?
In the Civil War, the South had a God-fearing, praying and humble general named Robert E. Lee, while the North had a hard drinking, arrogant, and secular general named Ulysses S. Grant. The North had the right cause but the South had an overtly Christian general.
Which general was pleasing to God? Think about it.
When I hear someone categorically declare that such and such candidate is God’s man or woman, I remember both biblical and secular history and realize we must always say such things with humility.
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As I mentally process this election and the questions presented in the blogs, there is one story in the Bible that has been rolling around in my mind for the last two weeks... the story of King Saul. He was God's chosen one to lead. God picked him out of all the other possibilities. When Israel wanted a King, he is the one God chose. So naturally it would be my inclination to think that if God picked him, he would have been spectacular, almost "fool-proof" so to speak. Yet, history would show otherwise. Then God chose David, and history would prove that even through some serious leadership/moral character mistakes, David was a great leader. So, it would seem to make sense that our prayers should be that God would give us the wisdom to chose His choice, and then whoever is chosen/elected, pray that God may give them the ability to deal justly, walk humbly, and withstand the incredible pressures that come with the position of being the leader of the free world.
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