Americans today are bombarded with the drama of the presidential election. Information about it has become so intense and yet trivial that most of us can't wait for it to be over. We are told our choice may determine the life or death of our nation itself. Yet none of the candidates seem worthy of being elected.
We may, however, do well to ask just how important, in the scheme of things, our leaders really are? And how important is our government? If the "wrong" leader is chosen, will America really fall into ruin? All governments eventually fail and fall. Although ordained by God, none will last forever.
In the 1981 historical film "Chariots of Fire", Christian athlete Eric Liddell preaches a sermon to a Christian congregation on the Sunday he was to have raced in the 1924 Paris Olympics. He had refused to compete because he believed it was wrong to do so on the Christian Sabbath. Historians are unsure of the content of his message, but it is reported to have been based on Isaiah 40, probably from the following verses:
"Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales... All the nations are as nothing before Him, they are accounted by Him as less than nothing and emptiness... He brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness." (Isaiah 40:15, 17, 23)
We are tempted today to believe that the most important thing in our future is who runs our government. However, while good government and faithful leaders are great blessings, we cannot place our faith in them.
All leaders, no matter who they are, can and will fall and fail. But our Lord God will not. We would do better to remember verse 28 of Isaiah 40, "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth."
Our weariness of this election will pass, and we will learn to deal with the outcome. Whatever our wishes may be, let us trust God completely, for we can do no better. Cast your ballot as you wish, but never forget it is who governs our souls, not our bodies, that really matters.
"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength." (Isaiah 40:31)
Rev. Bob Tasler
www.bobtasler.com
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