After The Election Blues
Mark 10
26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves,
who then can be saved?
27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men [it is] impossible,
but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
After any and every election, many are letdown, even worried, about
what the future holds since their choice didn't get in office.
I want to assure each of you that life will go on, and that we will
make it. I want to make 4 statements of fact that prove what I am saying.
1. Clinton may be in the White House, Yeltsin may be in the Kremlin,
and Hussein may be in Baghdad, but God is still on the throne.
Ps 29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King
for ever.
:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will
bless his people with peace.
Rest assured, God is still in charge.
David said to Goliath:
1Sa 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with
a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in
the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom
thou hast defied.
Jesus said to Pilate:
Joh 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all] against
me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered
me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Daniel said to his accusers:
Da 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths,
that they have not hurt me: ...
Israel demanded a King, so God gave them a king, and it was to their
own hurt. But God preserved His people who were committed and true
to Him. He always has, and he always will.
In Egypt, God delivered His people.
In Babylon, God delivered His people.
In The Roman Empire, God delivered His people.
Listen to this instruction given to Israel when they were captive in
Babylon:
Jeremiah 29
4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are
carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from
Jerusalem unto Babylon;5 Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and
plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for
your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear
sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be
carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace
thereof shall ye have peace.
How must we live in The US today - a day when so many unrighteous and
immoral leaders are in office? Pray for the nation! Seek the good
of the nation!
2. God can control our leaders.
Pr 21:1 The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the
rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
God was able to make Pharaoh let His people go, and He was able to
harden Pharaoh's heart in order to punish him and his nation.
Listen to what Daniel says even after being taken into captivity to
Babylon:
Da 2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever
and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings,
and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge
to them that know understanding:
And note how God was able to deal with the evil King Neb.:
Daniel 4
31 While the word [was] in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from
heaven, [saying],O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The
kingdom is departed from thee.32 And they shall drive thee from men,
and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall
make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee,
until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and
giveth it to whomsoever he will.
33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he
was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet
with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles'
[feathers], and his nails like birds' [claws].
34. And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes
unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed
the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever,
whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is]
from generation to generation:
35 And all the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing: and
he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and [among] the
inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him,
What doest thou?
Isn't that encouraging? God took Neb out of office, humbled him and
changed him, and then placed him back into office to honor the true
God.
God can do that to our leaders.
3. It is not who sits in the Oval Office, but who kneels in the
prayer closet that will determine the outcome of this nation.
2 Ch 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked
ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and
will heal their land.
Who does the future of the nation depend on? Not the politicians, but
God's people.
Prayer influences God. Prayer is the medium God works through to
change things.
God calls people to intercede, prays by the HG through them -
Ro 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know
not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind
of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according
to [the will of] God.
- and uses that prayer power to accomplish His will.
Isn't that great? God calls us, enables us, uses us, and then does
His will through us for us.
We see through scripture that God looks for those He can use in prayer:
Isa 59:16 And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that
[there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto
him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
Eze 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the
hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not
destroy it: but I found none.
And we see that prayer can accomplish the impossible:
Mr 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men [it is]
impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
Mr 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing,
but by prayer and fasting.
We need to see that it will take the Christians really getting down
to serious prayer in order to preserve this nation.
4. Finally, we must see that it is not political elections but
individual personal touches that change society.
The woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus, and her life was
changed forever.
The blind man cried out and Jesus healed him and changed his life
forever.
The paralytic, the boy raised from the dead, the deaf and dumb - all
these people were changed by a personal touch from the Savior.
Then, he told his disciples to make disciples. How? One at a time
through individual contact. Making disciples is not an en mass thing,
but a personal matter.
We will not save this country through legislation or mass media
campaigns. We will only save this country through prayer and discipleship.
So instead of the "after the election blues", we need to have the
faithful prayer warrior and faithful Christian worker attitude.
That's what will make the real difference.
Constantine, through legislation, managed to nearly destroy the church,
by watering down the gospel to make it more appealing and workable
among the heathen. We must not change our faith to make it acceptable
to people - we must change people to make them acceptable to God.
Politics won't do that! Preaching will!
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