Today’s bulletin is from a fellow in Atlanta named David Maxon. Mike has offered to write me a bulletin now and then, but he’s been busy lately <smile!> and instead sent me this.

This is an election year. I have no idea what the outcome of the upcoming election will be. Will those who are elected lead us in righteousness or in more wickedness? Will the mindless slaughter of the unborn finally come to an end? Will the homosexual agenda be advanced? Will our religious freedoms be protected? Will we be safe from terrorists? Will world peace be advanced? Will the economy get any better? Will the problems of hunger, homelessness, and social injustice be improved?

So many questions. No sure answers. Everyone has an opinion, but no one knows. There are no guarantees, not even if the candidates we perceive to be the “right” ones are elected. How do we know they will lead the nation in righteousness? Will they stand for the ideals they profess? Have they expressed their true convictions or have they made a lot of empty promises? How can we be sure?

What are my thoughts in an election year? Am I nervous? Am I apprehensive? Sure I am (I’m only human). But I don’t despair. In all of the uncertainty, there is one thing of which I am certain. In the midst of all the chaos we call “democracy” there is a solid foundation on which I can stand.

David asked the question: “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Ps. 11:3) This was likely written when David was a fugitive in the wilderness. He couldn’t trust the government. In fact, it was the government itself that pursued his life. What could he do? Where could he turn? The next verse answers, “The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.”

Who is going to take the White House? Which party will control Congress? Who’s going to fill vacant seats in the Supreme Court? We anxiously wait to see, but should we despair? Should we fret if the “right” people are not put in office? Have we forgotten about the One who is over all? There is One who is infinitely greater than our Commander in Chief…One who makes laws which over-rule anything passed by our Congress…One who presides over a court that trumps any decision made by our so-called Supreme Court… (Just read Revelation 4 again).

God is on the throne. He is in control. He is the Divine Ruler over all. He is King of kings and Lord of lords. He is the executive, legislative, and judicial branch all rolled into one. He is supreme. He is sovereign. No one can take away His authority. It doesn’t matter how people rate His job performance. It makes no difference what voters 18 to 35 think of His platform. He was never voted in and He’ll never be voted out. He’s serving a life-term…and He will never die!

God is the supreme ruler and judge of this world. If the doctors who have slaughtered millions of babies are never brought to justice by human courts, they will be by the Divine court (2 Cor. 5:10). If our lawmakers allow homosexuals to marry, it won’t change the law of God one bit (Psalm 119:142). If our religious freedoms are stripped away and we suffer for it, we will rejoice that we suffer shame for His precious name (Acts 5:41). If terrorists come and take our lives, we will simply commit our souls to God as to a faithful Creator (1 Peter 4:19). If the stock market crashes and inflation goes through the roof, we’ll take it in stride and perhaps we’ll focus our attention even more on our treasures that are laid up for us in heaven (Mt. 6:29).

I’m not going to let myself worry about this election. Wicked governments have come and gone, but the kingdom of God stands forever (Dan. 2). My prayer is that God will be with whomever is elected that we, as Christians, might lead a “quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Tim. 2:2). But even then, I pray God’s will be done. And whatever His will may be, I’ll be satisfied.