Vote for ???

This is about as political as this blog will ever get! With the text for today, we've got to talk about it just a little - otherwise you all would think I was chicken!

Isaiah 45:1-7 - The Lord YHWH speaks to an unlikely character, Cyrus. Cyrus is a king, an anointed one. But yet he is a king who is not from among God's chosen people - a highly unlikely candidate for leadership! What is clear in the text is that Cyrus does not follow YHWH,but yet he is elected to do God's will. What does this say about the leaders we choose to elect? Well, for one we know that there is no perfect candidate. No matter shiny the smile or how noble the service record, political leaders all have same common flaw...humanity. And yet God calls men and women to serve. Once again, the key to understanding service is grasping hold of whom we serve. God grasps the right hand, the ruling hand of the leaders He chooses and uses it to the Glory of His name and the benefit of His people.  Why? Because He is the Lord, and there is no other. Besides Him, there is NO other. No king. No president. No leader. No politician. Our God guides and equips leaders to lead - whether they know Him or not. When I say the words "Vote Your Faith", that means look at the candidates and the issues with the eyes of God's will, that it is only by God's Law and His Gospel that all are saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.