{"id":2291,"date":"2024-11-04T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:33:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T23:33:33","slug":"10-reasons-not-to-fear-the-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/?p=2291","title":{"rendered":"10 Reasons Not to Fear the Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleshare.io\/go?site=twitter&amp;url=http%3A\/\/www.reviveourhearts.com\/articles\/10-reasons-trust-god-election-results\/&amp;text=10%20Reasons%20to%20Trust%20God%20with%20the%20Election%20Results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleshare.io\/go?site=facebook&amp;url=http%3A\/\/www.reviveourhearts.com\/articles\/10-reasons-trust-god-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?subject=10%20Reasons%20to%20Trust%20God%20with%20the%20Election%20Results&amp;body=I%20wanted%20you%20to%20see%20this%20resource%20from%20Revive%20Our%20Hearts%0A%0Ahttp%3A\/\/www.reviveourhearts.com\/articles\/10-reasons-trust-god-election-results\/%0A%0A\"><\/a><strong>French poet Victor Hugo is quoted as saying, \u201cAnd when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I were to choose a word to describe the recent election season, I\u2019d choose the word&nbsp;<em>laborious.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angry tirades and scathing accusations have volleyed from one campaign to another like mortar fire during an armed conflict, and we the people have been wounded in the crossfire. We the church are weary, battle-scarred, and conflicted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hugo was right; we have accomplished our laborious task, and on election night we\u2019ll go to sleep, possibly uncertain about who our next president, governor, representative will be. Or perhaps the vote will clearly and decisively declare one candidate a winner\u2014but not the one we hoped for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless, we can go to sleep in peace. <strong>God is awake.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is not only awake, He is seated on His throne, reigning over the affairs of this earth with wisdom and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ten Reasons and a Thousand More<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can trust God if the election doesn\u2019t turn out as you hoped for these ten reasons and a thousand more:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. God\u2019s plans always prevail.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know that you [Lord] can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted\u201d (<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job%2042:2&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Job 42:2<\/a>).<br><br>The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations&nbsp;(<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ps%2033:11&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ps.&nbsp;33:11<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. In obedience to God, we vote, but God ultimately appoints our leaders.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment&nbsp;(<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Rom%2013:1%E2%80%932&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rom. 13:1\u20132<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men\u201d (<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Dan%204:17&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dan. 4:17<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Every ounce of power our leaders possess has been given to them by God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So Pilate said to him, \u201cYou will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?\u201d Jesus answered him, \u201cYou would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above\u201d (<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2019:10%E2%80%9311&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John 19:10\u201311<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Regardless of their platforms, God will direct our leaders where He wills, for His purposes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The king\u2019s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will&nbsp;(<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Prov%2021:1&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prov. 21:1<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. God wants me to respect the authority of the office and pray for our leaders.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way&nbsp;(<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Tim%202:1%E2%80%932&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Tim. 2:1\u20132<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6. God, not man, is the sovereign Ruler over nations and kingdoms.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you\u201d (<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2%20Chron%2020:6&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2 Chron. 20:6<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7. God\u2019s kingdom stands above America and every nation of the earth.&nbsp;When our nations are shaken, and the foundations shift, Christ\u2019s kingdom remains immovable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe&nbsp;(<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Heb%2012:28&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heb. 12:28<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8. God\u2019s kingdom will not only withstand attacks from ungodly leaders, it will triumph.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Cyrus, the Babylonian king of the exile, to the baby-killing Herod, and the Christian-killing Nero, Christianity has never been bested, because our King\u2019s power is not from this world. The Church Christ birthed when He rose from the dead doesn\u2019t depend on qualified human leaders for its success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world\u201d (<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2018:36&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John 18:36<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9. Leaders come and leaders go. Governments rise and fall. Only God, His Word, and people live forever\u2014and we will live forever.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our first allegiance is to Christ, and then to the God-inspired Word, the Bible. This is our charter, and it never changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore&nbsp;(<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isa%209:7&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isa. 9:7<\/a>).&nbsp;<br><br>But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ&nbsp;(<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Phil%203:20&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phil. 3:20<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10. Even \u201cin exile,\u201d Christians have a responsibility to the country in which we live.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Israelites went into exile and captivity in Babylon, God didn\u2019t exempt them from service just because they were living under pagan rule. They couldn\u2019t throw up their hands and disengage. He gave them an assignment. Their assignment is our assignment, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut 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\u201d (<a target=\"_BLANK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Jer%2029:7&amp;version=CSB&amp;src=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jer. 29:7<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of whether the election turns out as you had hoped (or even if it does), you can trust that God is fully in control. He will use all things, even a leader we\u2019re not sure we want, for our good and His glory. And, one day soon, we\u2019ll exchange our voter registration card for a passport, one that will take us to a new country, a better country, a country where every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tuck that under your pillow, beloved. Rest well.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*This post originally appeared on Revive Our Hearts and is shared with permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>A Word for Your Day \u2014 66 Devotions to Refresh Your Mind<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_5884-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Lori Hatcher holding a copy of A Word for Your Day\" class=\"wp-image-2047\" style=\"width:251px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_5884-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_5884-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_5884-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_5884-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allow God\u2019s Word to change your life, one word at a time! 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She continues to remind us that every part of Scripture is active, alive, and applicable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From&nbsp;<em>beginning&nbsp;<\/em>in Genesis to&nbsp;<em>new&nbsp;<\/em>in Revelation, ponder each significant word as you move through your day and allow God to transform your heart and mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Order<em>&nbsp;A Word for Your Day<\/em>&nbsp;from these fine retailers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/34t5k7j9\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/34t5k7j9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Daily Bread Publishing:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/mwwhya9h\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/mwwhya9h<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have you subscribed to Refresh?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Refresh-Blog-Cover-Image-1024x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Refresh-Blog-Cover-Image-980x421.jpg 980w, https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Refresh-Blog-Cover-Image-480x206.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"have-you-subscribed-to-refresh\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"have-you-subscribed-to-refresh\">If you\u2019d like to receive Lori\u2019s weekly 5-minute devotions to help you rediscover your passion for God and His Word&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/?page_id=458\">subscribe HERE<\/a>&nbsp;or at the top of the page.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French poet Victor Hugo is quoted as saying, \u201cAnd when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. 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