I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.” vss. 2-3
Psalm 146:1-4
Well, the elections are over but not all the results are known. It’s likely that it will be days or weeks before all the lawsuits are over and the true winners have emerged. What’s really sad is that the divisions that have emerged will likely last for years, and it’s hard to know what could bring any kind of reconciliation or bi-partisan work for the common good. It could be that some are singing praises to the Lord today because their preferred candidate won. The psalmist would laugh at such a notion. We should be praising God even if our party got wiped out, because in the long run princes, mortals, and presumably politicians are not worthy of our trust. Anyone who has been watching elections for any time at all will know that there’s a cyclical nature to politics. Yes, it’s necessary to elect leaders, but none of them will even be remembered within a couple generations. But God’s been around forever and will continue to be our strength and source of hope until the end of time. And because that’s the truth, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who we should be praising today! As the hymn puts it, “O God our help in ages past, our hope for years to come.”
Thought for the Day: How am I going to behave today?
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