Let me start by saying I wrote this post before the results of the presidential election were declared. To be honest, I came into election week feeling anxious and surrounding by a cloud of fear. After all, if I listen to media, if Trump wins our country will break out into riots and if Biden wins, our freedoms and morals will radically and rapidly decline. From the medias perspective, there are no winners. Perhaps you woke up this morning and you are grieving who now will lead our country for the next four years. I do not know what has happened across the country at the time of writing this, hopefully the media was wrong. Regardless, I write to point you to what is true.
God is still Sovereign even though our world is still sinful. Now that may not make you feel better but it is what is most true even right now. The God who prepared a way to redeem His people even before they messed up, is in no way confused by the outcome of this election. He is not wondering how can he work through a Trump or Biden Administration. I want to help us sift out the eternal truth that is meant to govern our hearts during times like these.
Proverbs 21:1 says, “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes.” That did not change as of Wednesday morning. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” God is still in control even when things are out of control. Romans 8:38-39 says, “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God loves us through and beyond the calamities of life. Daniel 4:37 says, “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.” God has no problem getting glory from earthly kings.
I can not tell you how things will play out in the days to come. I have no clue of what will come over the next four years of this experiment called the United States of America. I can tell you that the media will continue to bombard us with news that evokes fear. However, I encourage us to focus on what is actually true. God is watching, God is working, God’s people will win!
