Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Some Trust in Horses

Well, it's all over now except for the tears and champaign. Election day has come and gone and some people are crying while others are toasting each other and on the top of the world.

As a Christian minister, I certainly had very strong opinions about a number of issues and candidates. Last night was not a good night for me. However, as I reflect on this beautiful new day God has given us, (it's sunny and supposed to be in the mid-seventies today), as I think about the history of people of faith, and I consider God's sovereignty, my heart is not downcast.

Back on September 11, 2001, the church I was attending choose (providentially I believe) to sing with these lyrics:

Some trust in chariots
We trust in the name of the Lord our God
Some trust in horses
We trust in the name of the Lord our God.

Why is it that we so often want to place our faith in kings, governments and weapons? God is in charge! In the Old Testament, people of faith were warned over and over again not to trust in kings, not to trust in alliances, not to trust in their own strength.

We may believe that we've come a long way since those "old" days. Yet, trusting in our own strength, in our own power, in our own abilities is a continual tempation.

Whether we like the results or not, we can take comfort in knowing that it is God's hand which rules our world - the same God who died on the cross for our sins and was resurrected on Easter morning.

Praise the Lord, we CAN trust in the name of the Lord our God!

Pastor John