Thankful that Jesus is king of kings, lord of lords

Election Day 2020 has come and gone . . . maybe. We have been through the most contentious presidential campaign I can remember in my 67 years. Candidates campaigning for the US Senate and the House of Representatives also spent hundreds of millions of dollars. Therefore, people have been waiting for a conclusion to this election cycle and waiting for an end to the accusations and recriminations of this year’s campaigns. I am thankful, however, that even though people have different views on the issues before our nation I hear people on both sides of the political spectrum as ready to begin building life together as a country. That is my prayer.

However, even though Election Day itself is over, and even though this election seems especially important, many political experts have predicted that the results of this election may be slow in coming. Vote tallies are often known the night of the contest. But there are predictions that it may take days, or weeks, or even months to learn the final results of this year’s election. In fact, the final decision of the presidential race is still up in the air as I write. And, no matter who does win, when the results of the election are known, many people will be highly disappointed because their candidate will have lost.

If all our hopes revolve around our politicians and leaders there is good reason for that disappointment. Politicians and leaders seem important. Nevertheless, every leader is a sinful human being. They all have weaknesses as well as strengths. There have been good and bad leaders in throughout history. Many times even the seemingly good leaders fail to accomplish what they promise.

When it comes to our leaders, however, Christians have another hope, a better hope, and a sure hope. God inspired the Psalmist to write in Psalm 118:8-9 “8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than