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God’s Sovereignty and Election Day

November 6, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart



in-god-we-trustWe will soon learn tonight who will be our President for the next four years – that is unless we have a repeat of the 2000 Presidential election.  I shudder thinking of hanging chads.  Regardless of the outcome on election day God is sovereign.  He is in control.  The outcome is of no surprise to him.  This is part of His purpose and plan.

Anybody looking for one of our Presidential candidates to “save” us will be sorely disappointed whether you favor Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, some other third party candidate or whoever.  Washington, DC can not save us.  Utopia is not around the corner.  Politics has its limits.

Erick Erickson said it pretty well in an email sent out this weekend:

I think this world is destined to go to hell in a hand basket by design. I think things are supposed to go to pot. So if Barack Obama wins, I won’t be upset. If Mitt Romney wins, I won’t be running through the streets cheering. I think, either way, it is all part of the design. The world is going down hill. Barack Obama re-elected just gets us down the slippery slope faster in my view. For others, it is Mitt Romney who does.

Actually sin corrupted the world, it isn’t broken by design, but our sin didn’t surprise God either.  Utopia will not come until Christ returns.  And then in the words of one of my favorite preachers, Dr. Tony Evans, “He isn’t coming to take sides. He’s coming to take over.”

Government is God’s instrument to restrain us in our sin. (when it ceases to do that then we’ll experience the “fruit” of that).  Government will not usher in God’s Kingdom, the late Chuck Colson wrote in his book God & Government:

Government is, in one sense, God’s response to the nature of the people themselves.  Man “can adapt himself somehow to anything his imagination can cope with… but he cannot deal with chaos.”  While it cannot redeem the world or be used as a tool to establish the Kingdom of God, civil government does set the boundaries for human behavior.  The State is not a remedy for sin, but a means to restrain it.  Its limited task is to promote “the good of the community in temporal concerns, the protection of life and property and the preservation of peace and order,” (pg. 102).

Very true.

So regardless of the results and regardless of what party you’re in don’t despair and find your hope in Jesus, not a political party or politician.

Some of us are going to have to reflect on our discourse as well as this election has been a source of division.  While the debate and discussion is a good one to have; it is something that must be kept in proper perspective.

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Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts.  He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm.  Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings.  He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in.  Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids.  Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

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Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: Barack Obama, Chuck Colson, common grace, depravity of man, fallen world, featured, God's sovereignty, Mitt Romney, Tony Evans

About Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts.  He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm.  Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings.  He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in.  Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids.  Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

Comments

  1. James says

    November 6, 2012 at 10:28 am

    Sovereign
    does not mean control it means supreme authority or in charge. He has
    given that control to his kids (us) I love what you posted above but I
    don’t believe that he is in puppet control of the elections. 4 years ago
    a president was elected that
    is completely against everything Christian. Jobs have plummeted and he
    has failed to pass one and budget in our failing economy he has racked
    up more debt than all the presidents put together.
    I’m
    not really deeply rooted in politics and I don’t take appointments in
    bashing people… If our country is as blessed as we say it is then God
    being in control have to be incorrect because the current president has
    been the worst thing that has ever happened to this country

    🙂

    • Shane Vander Hart says

      November 6, 2012 at 2:40 pm

      James, that is what I meant – he’s in charge. He also knows the outcome – He’s omniscient. That doesn’t mean we don’t go out and vote.

  2. Kansas Bob says

    November 8, 2012 at 10:52 am

    So true. He works all things (even our election choices) for good.

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