Who do you trust?

No matter who you voted for Tuesday, or if you even voted, you are probably glad this year’s election is finally over. Most of us look forward to watching television again without candidates telling us how horrible their opponent is.

Frankly, it reminds me of something Solomon once wrote, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven… A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4, NLT)

In our political system, there is a time to scrutinize the candidates, a time to cast our vote, and a time to come to terms with each election’s results. Since I am writing this before the election and the polls suggest the two major presidential candidates are neck and neck, I cannot know whether Vice-President Harris or former President Trump will be our next commander-in-chief. I also do not know who will be elected as our next governor, senator, or representative.

Regardless of who is elected and how we voted on the various amendments, some of us will be discouraged and feel like crying and grieving. In contrast, others will celebrate and be ready to laugh and dance.

It has always been this way, though recent elections have become increasingly divisive. If you felt the future of our nation was on the line and things did not go as you believed they should, please do not lose hope. Do not focus on how your side lost; instead, focus on the God who is more consequential than any election and our ultimate source of hope.

I do not intend to insult either political party. However, I am convinced neither party can rescue our country from all our serious challenges and right the proverbial “national ship.”

We must look to a much higher source… we must look to God. As citizens, you and I need to be reminded of what a famous prophet wrote 2,700 years ago, “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” (Isaiah 26:3, NLT) The prophet spoke of how peace can be ours when we trust in God instead of human resources.

While some things I have witnessed are better now than in 1960 when I was born, others have become progressively worse. The one who offers us the peace we long for has never run for political office but is the unelected king of the universe, and I trust him!