Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Next week a lot of people are going to be mad. As we make our way to the mailbox or polling station, we cast our ballots for the person we want to be president for the next four years. This election, like every other election I can remember, is being called the most important election in history. And while it is important for the country that we make the better choice, we also shouldn’t be putting all our hope in a sinful human to fix the world.
You’ve heard all the metaphors that we use to describe opinions, and most of them are correct: they stink. Thankfully, our opinions don’t have any effect on what is true. You are loved by God and He wants the two of you to grow ever closer together. God loves your neighbor too, and that means that He might want to use you to show that love through the kindness of His children.
It doesn’t matter who we vote for if we know and trust that God is in control. Our hope is not in an elected official. In the last six weeks have you spent as much time extolling the love of Christ as you have the merit of your favorite candidate? We can abound in hope that our life on Earth is temporary and these people we put in power have no influence on eternity.
As you think on the elections, ask yourself what is most important to you. Whether your favorite person wins or loses, you can still be gracious and kind. The Bible never called us to be good Americans, we are called to be citizens of Heaven and heralds of the most high. If the sign in your yard causes you to sin pluck it out.
No matter who is elected, please be generous, thoughtful, compassionate, benevolent, humane, charitable, and kind.