2012 Election

Yesterday was the big election. People sat around their televisions anxiously awaiting the results. Many in our country voted yesterday or in the last two weeks. Maybe you didn't vote, even though you are older than eighteen. Maybe you wished you voted. Whether they voted or not, people groaned when their candidate didn't win. When their candidate did win, there was celebrating. It was a close election, but on the national level, Barack Obama won the contest. For some, this is the worst thing that could happen. Others believe he is what this country needs.
This morning you woke up and made a bee-line for the computer. You pulled up Facebook. And, surprise! there was drama. Your news feed was filled with Republicans slamming Democrats, Democrats exulting over Republicans, and the occasional third party voter insulting both. There were posts of celebration and of heartbreak. Quite possibly you joined in the backstabbing and mourning. Maybe you didn't insult, but you posted about the terrible things that Obama would do in the next four years. Maybe you celebrated the great victory. Or maybe, just maybe, you sat back, scrolled down the page, and sighed. Your fingers didn't touch the keys, but you sure wish you could tell people how stupid and trivial this is.
I don't care who you voted for. I hope you voted, but even if you made the decision not to, that is not my concern.
I do care about our country. I do care who is our president. But I know that God is in control. He will steer this country in the direction He wants it to go. Maybe sometimes we wonder why or how God is using the people He is using. We wonder if He is still directing this nation. Maybe you say, "God is in control" while you cross your fingers. It is true. We are in God's time. It doesn't matter what we think or do. God is God. You are not. Do your duty, vote. But ultimately it is up to God what happens. John Quincy Adams said, "Duty is ours, results are God's." God is in control.
Duty is ours, but what is our duty? Our most important duty is the duties we have Christians. We need to help the widows and the children, we need to reach out to the needy. But most importantly, we need to pray. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, "if My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (ESV) America has not humbled themselves. We have not tried to seek His face. We have not turned from our wicked ways. America, we are in danger of losing God's blessing, if we haven't already lost it. Christians, let's unite and humble ourselves. Let us seek His face. Let us turn from our wicked ways. Then He will hear and heal our land. Will you get on your knees without ceasing these next four years? Will you seek His face? Because this will be a better country for your children and grandchildren if you do.
~Michaela