Yes, The Election IS in God’s Hands

Sarah Palin is right, the election for the U.S. Presidency IS in God’s hands after all. Oh, you thought it was in the hands of millions of U.S. voters? Well, yes it. And no, it isn’t.

We do have free will, but it ends where God’s sovereignty begins. If His hand is in this election, His Spirit is able to move the hearts of the people to vote one way or the other. The Bible credits Him for building up nations and for tearing them down, democracy or not, and ultimately, just as so many nations have been before it, the future of our country is in His hands.

If Obama wins, I believe he will be the instrument by which God begins judgment on this nation for its grievous sins, beginning with the Christian church. If McCain wins, I believe we will have been granted a miraculous reprieve from judgment, perhaps in part because of the remnant of God’s people who have even now refused to bow down to Baal and have prayed fervently for a stay of execution. But whether it’s McCain or Obama, God’s will WILL be done. He will work, and “who shall let it?” (Isaiah 43:13)

In light of this truth, it makes me wonder: what if, in spite of a half-billion dollar campaign, in spite of massive voter fraud, in spite of polls predicting landslides and demoralizing the opposition, in spite of a dominating mass media machine that has been completely in his tank, in spite of a world population that overwhelmingly supports him, in spite of an economic crisis that has caused people to blame the wrong villains, Obama still loses?

In the face of such insurmountable odds, will we give God the glory for it? Will even the non-Christians marvel and admit the “finger of God” has been in this? Or wil lthey rationalize with excuses and claims of racial bias?

Or what if Obama wins, devastating the followers of movements such as Lou Engle’s The Call? Will they take it as proof that God does not hear their prayers and subsequently fall away to bitterness and apostasy? Or will they recognize the folly of their ways and repent, recognizing that in order for a nation to be restored, the church itself must be restored first?

These are interesting times we live in indeed. But whether we face judgment or a stay of execution, I am convinced that those who belong to the Lord will lack for nothing even in the darkest of times. They will not be forsaken, nor their seed begging bread. One thousand may fall at their side, but it shall not come near them. While the world of Egypt is plagued, the people of God will remain safe in Goshen. This is the heritage of the servants of God, and their righteousness shall always be of Him.

Now, if I can just get a girlfriend…

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5 Responses to “Yes, The Election IS in God’s Hands”

beej wrote a comment on October 27, 2008 @ 01:07:pm
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Yes, whoever winds up in office is in God’s hands.

And at this point there is nothing any of us can do about it except vote.

The polls I’ve seen have Obama leading by a small percentage. Something tells me that even though you are right about the fact that this dude is evil and corrupt, there are seemingly even more of those who think otherwise, many of them the Democratic base, and almost all of them still soured by the 2000 election and (of course) the 2004 election outcomes.

Many of these folk feel justified in lying and cheating when it comes to getting what they want done. They turn the other cheek, because they think that it’s OK to defraud and get away with lies and corruption as long as what they think is right, and they get what they want. Look at Martin Luther King, Jr. and the way he sought civil rights. Most of what he stood for was good. We should all be able to enjoy peaceful relations with one another and be treated equally as human beings, according to him. But then you look at people like Malcom X and Louis Farikkan (sp?) who believe that they should get what they want, by any means necessary. Including means of hate, violence and disillusionment.

*Shrug*

It’s all still in God’s hands, though.

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on October 27, 2008 @ 07:07:pm
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We have to hope our nation has not become so foregone a conclusion that the only thing let for us is judgment. It’s ironic that those who see Obama as the messiah who will save them all may very well be responsible for the destruction of our country. Sad.

marta wrote a comment on October 30, 2008 @ 07:46:pm
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Hi Linc:
Even if BHO wins this election, good may still come of it. A lot of Americans, Democrats, Republicans and Independents are feeling the wake-up call. Those that don’t “don’t have ears to hear.” Even if the worst happens, we are still in God’s hands, and we will work to do all we can to keep this country on track. It may be a long up-hill battle. But if he wins, I also think a lot of his ‘worshippers’ are going to have a rude awakening. The honeymoon will not last long. The media will start laying into him and he won’t be able to take the criticism.

One thing that many are learning is that our freedoms and our way of life is not to be taken for granted. The whole socialism thing is really scaring and forcing them to open their eyes.

That said, I don’t think he is going to win. McCain/Palin are going to pull it out.

Go over to the PUMA sites (NoQuarter, Hillbuzz) and that will cheer you up, I promise!