Friday, June 24, 2016

Whom Do YOU Trust?

Friday, June 24, 2016

I’ve been having conversations about the current political cycle lately; a lot of conversations.  There is a lot of “back-and-forth” about the virtues of this candidate versus that one (well, at least a lot of trying to point out virtues).

I find myself getting worried at times what this country is coming to…and then it hits me like a ton of bricks – I’ve got no business worrying!  And the reason it hits me is because I open Scripture early in the morning and God doesn’t hold anything back; He says, Russell, look here and stop your fretting, son…I’ve got this.

And so, I thought I’d share with you what God spoke through Jeremiah about his day and the foolishness of ungodly leadership.  Listen closely:

Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O Israel!  This is what the Lord says:  “Do not act like the other nations, who try to read their future in the stars.  Do not be afraid of their predictions, even though other nations are terrified by them.  Their ways are futile and foolish.  They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.  They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won’t fall over.  Their gods are like helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field!  They cannot speak, and they need to be carried because they cannot walk.  Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.” 
Lord, there is no one like you!  For you are great, and your name is full of power.  Who would not fear you, O King of nations?  That title belongs to you alone!  Among all the wise people of the earth and in all the kingdoms of the world, there is no one like you.  People who worship idols are stupid and foolish.  The things they worship are made of wood!  They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen who make their idols.  Then they dress these gods in royal blue and purple robes made by expert tailors.  But the Lord is the only true God.  He is the living God and the everlasting King!  The whole earth trembles at his anger.  The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.  Say this to those who worship other gods:  “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”  But the Lord made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom.  With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.  When he speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain.  He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.  He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.  The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!  The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.  These idols have no breath or power.  Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!  On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.  But the God of Israel is no idol!  He is the Creator of everything that exists, including Israel, his own special possession.  The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!    Jeremiah 10:1-16(NLT)

For You Today

If you’re like me you worry about the election process.  Well, get over it; whatever happens in November, God can handle another Democrat or Republican in the White House.

Like Jeremiah, weep for the righteousness of our country, but trust in God.

You chew on that as you hit the Rocky Road today…have a blessed day!

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[1] Title Image: By Donald Trump August 19, 2015 (cropped): BU Rob13 Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons

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