A
blog I follow by Representative Rebecca Hamilton of OK
mourned, "No matter how this election turns out, Christians have lost." I disagree.
Christians cannot lose because, regardless what human beings are in power, God is still
sovereign over them and all the rest of us. The Bible says he puts in power
whom He will and brings down whom He will--for His own purposes. He may put in
place a leader to bless us or judge us, to destroy our land or heal it
(although it doesn't look like we have a candidate in this election who will
bless our nation). It is His people who will decide that outcome.
In Second Chronicles chapter 7 verse 14, God says, "If My people who are
called by My name [not everybody, not well-meaning people, not wise or good
people, not the voters], humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn
from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin
and will heal their land."
You have no idea how many of God's people, those "called by His
name," have been fasting and praying for this election throughout this
land for four years--in prayer meetings at every level of government, in
churches, in homes, over the telephone.
I was one of 700 praying in a teleconference recently (organized by
Intercessors for America) with two Congressmen, Presidential candidate Dr. Ben
Carson and Cynthia Dunbar, a law professor who helped draft the Republican
Party platform.
Cynthia said the committee to draft the Republican platform began their
meeting on their knees in prayer just as the Founding Fathers did, committing
their efforts and this country to God, seeking His will. God gave them favor to agree on and
include things that are based on Biblical truths and values.
For instance, she
said the Constitution calls for Congress to start impeachment proceedings
against any Supreme Court justice who creates law (such as "Marriage is no
longer between one man and one woman"). The Republican platform would
apply this (something about reversing the Johnson Amendment?). She said it
would tip the culture back into judicial balance in a day.
Biblically, God hates the shedding of innocent blood. The Republican Party will
defund the most egregious shedder of innocent blood, Planned Parenthood.
Biblically, jurisdiction for benevolence is given by God to the church
(Christians), not the government. The platform reflects this.
She pointed out that since all authority in heaven and on earth has been given
by the Father to the Son, anything outside His authority is raw, tyrannical
power, illegitimate. There is no truth outside God's truth, no secular truth.
Truth is a Person, Jesus Christ.
Almost every Christian I know is going to vote the platform, not the
personality. I feel the same way about Trump that you do (I'd prefer to cast
him aside and vote in his VP as president) but God is very creative in using
crude, rude, immoral people to accomplish His will, when necessary. Think
Winston Churchill.
I believe the platform is God-given, in every solemn sense of that word.
Thousands of us are doing a 3-day (Esther-style) fast with prayer Sunday
through Tuesday. I believe God will hear and honor all our prayers for wisdom
for ourselves and for His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven regarding
this issue, because, united, we His people are humbling ourselves and obeying
His command in 2 Chronicles 7:14.
What this will look like, we don't know. We just believe He will keep His word
in some wonderful way we cannot imagine. (For instance, He is not limited to
two candidates.) And He will be glorified, which is our ultimate yearning.
Wishing all of you God's very best,
Jessica
