Struck Down But Not Destroyed

I'm still a bit shocked by the events of last night. I was really holding out for a miracle, and hadn't prepared myself. I woke up this morning feeling as sick as I did when I went to bed. Although I didn't feel like it, I did get up with my 5:00 a.m. alarm to get ready for our early morning prayer watch at church.

I'm so glad I went and spent that time in prayer and worship. I always leave our prayer watch meetings feeling better than when I got there, but this morning completely changed my thinking and my attitude. What a blessing to be able to surround yourself with people of God when you need it most.

We've been in prayer for God's will to be done. We've been praying that he put the person of His choosing in office. In secret... some not so secret... we've been praying for McCain to be put in office. God has a plan and Obama must be in that plan.

Now, we must acknowledge that he is our president elect. We must commit to praying for him and his family. Let's pray that God gets a hold of him and changes him. Obama's winning will no doubt get the church fired up, or should. God's people need to be in prayer for our nation! If McCain won, the church would just settle back in with a "Whew, close one" mentality. We need to get passionate and put on the cloke of zeal!

Romans 13
Submit to Government
1. Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

Mike Huckabee:
“Politics is not an event but a process. We sometimes lose the events but it never gives us the right to stop being faithful to our principles that enlisted us in the process. We shall live to fight another day. He (Obama) was not my choice, but he will be my President and I will pray for him to lead this great nation with God's help and grace."

Instead of getting angry, let's get fired up! Our country needs us now more than ever! Our hope is not in our government anyway, it's in our sovereign God! We have been blessed to live in a Christian nation. That is a blessing, but as our pastor said Sunday, all we really need is the cross. The cross alone is more than enough.