Last night I was watching the elections on ABC at my apt and I was watching as the results came in. I wasn’t upset that McCain wasn’t winning even though I personally have my vote for him if it counted. I was pleased that our country was at least in agreement to disagree on things. The speech that McCain did was absolutely awesome. It was humbling. He was stepping down and he was encouraging his followers to do the same. He wouldn’t let the chant to continue on for him, but was humbling to lead his followers to follow the one the COUNTRY chose. He also took the blame for him not winning. I believe that was the right thing to do as a leader and the position he was in, although others feel it wasn’t his place to take the blame. I am actually encouraged by the humbling experience by McCain and his character. Although that man didn’t receive the presidency, we definitely need more people like him who are willing to back down when they know they aren’t the guy for the job. I believe it was also an act of God that McCain was humble. God does these particular things in life because he wants us to come to him more. Whether or not McCain didn’t get the presidency because as believers in God and his son Jesus Christ we’ve slacked off on praying, God had this happen and in the end… it’s alright. Would our prayers have changed the position of the election or not… I can’t say now, but when I get to heaven I’m sure it’ll be a question I’ll ask. And because our prayers or lack of prayers didn’t get McCain the presidency may go to show that, as Christians, we’re getting closer to the finish line. That race that Paul and the other disciples talk about in the Bible is this race we’re in right now… the goal of reaching others for Christ and finally going home to live for our true purpose. I’m humbled in that respect.
I wouldn’t say our country is going to hell or even that Obama is the anti-Christ. I would say that we’re struggling and God has answered prayers… whether it’s a yes for us or a no for us… he answered them. As Christian bro’s and sis’s we just got to keep moving forward and accept that this is whats happened. How to move forward is to allow the leadership of Obama to take presidency and us being humble to that fact and submitting to it also.
I’m not even going to get into details of how Obama could be the anti-Christ and I don’t know why I’ve told a few people how I thought he was. Obama has some pretty cool goals right now too and yes there is some crap smooshed in between them, he may just be another man willing to lead our country. Some assume he’s the anti-Christ, but what evidence do we have? The goal for world peace? A nation becoming the strongest power in the world? Or the hope that he portrays? There’s nothing as Christians we can do, but to pray for God to continue to lead us and reach out to others also. There is probably more than a slight evidence that Obama “could be” the anti-Christ… but we have no idea. We really don’t. So until then we just keep moving forward, praying, hoping, growing, and humbling ourselves to those God put above us.
As for a man with integrity, my vote with a passion goes to McCain. He’s a leader I would like to mold into more. So in ending, pray for strength, courage, power, love, intense devotion, etc because God has spoken and he has given us the freedom. We chose. We still gotta seek him especially now.
