The Lord is in charge

Barack Obama won the privilege to be the next president of the United States. He is the first black to achieve this honor.
Being president is an honor and a privilege. It involves a lot of work and long days and nights. It is not a job to be taken lightly.

I have heard many things, read many things about Obama. Rush called him sarcastically the "Messiah." But of course he is not the Messiah. There is only one who is. Jesus Christ, the true one, the only one.

Thinking, I am reminded, the Lord is in charge. The Lord will rule. He is the Almighty King. He is the True King.

Morality may have been (and still is) of little importance to the majority of peoples in this country, the United States, but it is greatly important to God and should be as well with His people. We can not bow down to another god. We are to honor the king, i.e. the president. Pay him what is due him, but nothing more. Like Jesus says to the Pharisees in Matthew 22:21, "Render (or pay) therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's."

In 1 Peter 2:17, God's people are admonished to "Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." We are to conduct ourselves honorably, be obedient to the Lord's commands, yet submit to man's ordinances for the Lord's sake. Read what verses 11 through 16 say: "Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. Therefore, submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--- as free, not using your liberty as a cloak for vice (or wickedness), but as servants of God."

Proverbs 24:16 and 19-22 tell us not to fret or worry because of the wickedness. That's kind of hard to follow, because there is the chance we ourselves might fall into that trap. "For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity. Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of the wicked; For there will be no prospect for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. My son fear the Lord and the King; Do not associate with those given to charge; For their calamity will rise suddenly..."

Look to the Lord. We are always to look to Him for our everything. In good times and in bad times, in feast or famine, in war and peace. Just like it says in Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 -- To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away; A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak; A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace."

God said so. That makes it so. He is in charge. He knows what is going on. His purpose will be accomplished. Verse 17: "God shall judge the righteous and the wicked..."

We need to be mindful of Daniel's response after God revealed to him Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Daniel 2:19-22 says: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him."

I pray I and you will be obedient to the Lord in all things.