You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope. (Psalm 119:114.)It is coming on the election season. Of course, it seems that the election season started the minute the last one finished.
But even so, there are things we can trust in and things we cannot. We cannot trust in the government because no matter how well-meaning, it is human. And no matter how hard we try and elect, it will always be fallible.
That is the problem with government: it is made up of humans. And no matter how hard you may want it to be, when you elect someone to office, they will do whatever they want. And may times, will lie through their teeth to get into the office so that they can do whatever they want.
Governments began, after all, as rebellion to God. In the Old Testament, the nation of Israel had a judge, a mediator between God and his nation to judge problems. But in 1 Samuel 8, the nation of Israel came to the old prophet and judge Samuel and told him that they wanted to be like all the other nations and have a king.
Samuel warned them of how the king would treat them, but nothing would od but that they had a king. So God gave them a king. It was not in his plan.
Of course, all of the other nations of the earth that were not Jewish had governments to begin with. But the thing is a nation led by God doesn’t need a government. As Romans 13:3-4 says, the authorities do not strike fear in people who are doing right, but in those who are doing wrong. Would you like to live without fear of the authorities? Do what is right, and they will honor you.
That is not always as easy as it sounds. Sometimes the authorities dishonor the people of God over others on purpose.
But the point is, you cannot elect in righteousness. You can do your best, and as a citizen of the United States of America, you can exercise your constitutional right to vote for whomever you want to vote for. But you cannot legislate anything that is godly.
Godliness only comes when you accept God into whatever situation you have. And the world, being who it is and ruled by who it is ruled by, will never accept God as their standard.
There will always be a fight over who is in control in government.
Vote for whomever you want, but remember, God alone is the one who will take our trust and give us hope. His word is true and his love is complete.
He never goes back on his word.
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