NOW THAT IT IS OVER

 

 

Joe Biden is now our 46^th president. All legal means to investigate the vote have been exhausted. Where do we go from here?

 

Many of us remain convinced that the election had been stolen. How do we move beyond what seems to have been a tsunami of hypocrisy and injustice? The Jewish exiles had been confronted with far worse. They had been taken into exile from their homeland for the final time after the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar had utterly destroyed their land. They had been stripped naked to humiliate them, their babies had been taken from them and smashed against the rocks, and they were march to march to Babylon.

 

What would they do once they arrived at their hated destination? Revolt? Passively resist? Fight a guerilla war? The question was answered for them by the Lord:

 

·       These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon…“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” (Jeremiah 29:1, 4–7)

 

To apply this to the present, let us not be as the democrats and even many of the republican and vow, “He is not our president.” Instead, despite their losses and suffering, the Israelites had been instructed to “seek the welfare of the city,” which had destroyed them. Why? God explained, “for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”

 

We are called to peace and to leave the matter of justice to our Lord:

·       Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:17–21)

 

Let us show the world that we are confident that our God will work even through these disappointing circumstances, and that He is our supreme treasure and not this world.

 

How then shall we live? Confidently:

 

·       Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake. (Philippians 1:27–29)

 

Trials have always accompanied the Church. We endure for a heavenly purpose. I pray that the Lord will give His Church the courage to boldly carry forth His Truths during these difficult times.