Rejoice always; pray without ceasing.

Recently a friend and I were discussing some current issues happening in our country. She was feeling confused by the constant battles and falsities being given by both of the major parties here in America. As I told her, I think the key is to "Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thes. 5:16-18.

We need to rejoice! We live in a country where we have the right to disagree. We can say we don't like the views of a person or party and that's OK. In a few years we can vote for him/her or someone else! However, as Christians we have an obligation to pray for and support our President. We need to pray for the current administration and give thanks for the hard work they are doing. Because they are working hard!

Rejoice, pray and be thankful, remembering that God is in control. 1 Peter 2:13-17 tells us to ...Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Peter was talking about Nero here. Nero was way worse than any President we could have. He didn't just make some bad decisions, but he killed those who disagreed with him. He killed people just for the fun of it. Those people knew problems we American's can never imagine. They had to have faith in God to follow Peter's teaching here.

Faith in God, I think is the order of the day. We can't do what the Democrats want to do and blanketly blame Bush for all the bad. Nor do as the Republicans are doing now and scaring us into hating President Obama. Neither men are all bad, neither are all good. They are men, being used of the Lord to bring about His business! And if you read the book of Revelation, you'll see GOD WINS!

So, who do we believe in the media? Who do we believe of our friends? Who do we believe?

Believe God! That's who to believe!