The Powers That Be

Time is moving along fast. We have entered into 2008, and in just 11 months we will be electing a new president. Tommychristoopher and my favorite candidate, Senator Christoopher Dodd, has withdrawn from the race after making less than 1% in Iowa. Well, I am glad that he is a Senator, in a position to do things to "make a difference" anyway. He is young enough that he could run for president in the future.

Nevertheless, we do need to be concerned about what happens in our country and maybe we don't have full control over who is elected, but we have a responsibility to pray for our leaders each and every day. This may sound like a little thing with all that is going on in the world, but asking God to give wisdom to those in control is very important.

In the book of Romans, Chapter 12, verse one, it tells us the following:

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For these is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God." We see many examples of this in the Old Testament - how God elected and guided the Kings and rulers.

Not only do we have a responsibility to inform ourselves about the candidates, but to faithfully pray for those already in authority and the "powers that be." This is because we know that ultimately, God is in control.

If you continue to read Tommychristopher on The Political Machine (he is doing an excellent job of writing about each candidate's platform and informing us of what is going on) and continue to pray for those already in authority, you are doing your part in participating in the running of this country and preparing for the election.

I am going to be more diligent in prayer and continue to become more informed about all the happenings with the candidates and I am going to ask God for wisdom about who to vote for in November.

I wish you good luck with your prayers and political research and I will continue to have some articles on newsworthy political events several times a week.