This has been a very difficult election cycle, to say the least. The election was contentious and we all were caught up in it both emotionally and spiritually. Spiritually because this election, at its core, was about a vision for the future of the United States. Christianity is a lifestyle, with God as the head of it. That lifestyle has become severely restricted for many around the world including the United States.
In the last eight years of the Obama administration we have seen military chaplains asked not to pray in Jesus' name. We have seen the Internal Revenue Service target Christians and conservatives for tax audits. Then there is gay marriage, and Obamacare. There has been a disasterous Middle Eastern foreign policy resulting in what I think should be known as a Middle Eastern World War. With issues too numerous to count, Christians started to wake from their slumber. Lead by courageous pastors such as Franklin Graham, believers entered a period of prayer and reflection.
Leaders in the Christian community also worked to educate and mobilize Christians to vote, groups like " My Faith Votes" and Ralph Reed's "Faith And Freedom Coalition." They educated the public and showcased the dangerous and ungodly changes occurring in our society. Changes easily seen in the entertainment industry; including movie, television and music. Changes seen in the legislative and judicial activities of the United States pointing to less and less freedom. Christian leaders pointed back to Biblical teachings and offered Christian voters knowledge, hope and vision of a godly future.
The alternative news outlets, including social media, also had a large role in agitating for change. The American public had grown skeptical of news media who merely blew the trumpet for Obama and the Clintons. All of these things proved fruitful because Christians finally had enough of the madness and went to the voting booth in droves, producing a Christian voter turnout not seen for decades. They voted for Donald Trump to be the 45th President of the United States. This election is a clear rebuke to all that Obama has stood for and it is the death knells for the Clinton Dynasty.
Right now it all seems like a dream to me. I feel like the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel, "A Christmas Carol." In the story that we all know and love, Scrooge is visited by three other worldly beings who give him a vision of his past, present and future. My friends, this election has been about the revisiting of our past, present and future and what many Americans began to see was a vision of their own demise. And, just like Scrooge, we have had to understand just how we got to this point.
When Ebenezer Scrooge wakes up after this night of cathartic clarity and realizes that he is alive and has the opportunity to change his life, he is like a man reborn. He finally has a vision for his life for what it should and must be. This great classic comes to mind today as I remind all believers that we again have an opportunity to move forward in the right direction in the life of our nation. Let us use this opportunity to its' fullness. Please lift the new administration up in prayer, and be ready to support them through the political process. Let yourself be lead of the Holy Spirit to discover new ways that we are called to be a "City upon a Hill." (Matthew 5:14)
P.S. A Christian friend suggested that we all write President Trump a note of congratulations and let him know that we will be praying for him. Why don't we all plan to do that on Inauguration Day and deluge him with graciousness and support? "God bless us, everyone!"
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