Resolving to Search for Solutions

Well, it’s hard to believe, but "E" Day is only days away. Just think, some jubilant presidential winner will have a memorable, massive, mess with which he will get to contend. And the Dems are feeling lucky. With big banks in the deep freeze of debacle, and assets frozen by the loads, visions of the number "60" are dancing in their eyes. I guess they think that the American people weren’t paying real close attention to who presently has the house majority. As angry as most people are about the bailout, I will be very surprised if those in the House and Senate (who are up for reelection) who voted for the bailout will be voted back into office. If Obama gets in, (God forbid!) I certainly can’t see people voting for a Democratic congress. If he doesn’t, I believe that they will hold their position at best.

The person whom we put in office is going to have a task that, quite possibly, no other President in history has ever seen. Not only does the economy seem to be imploding here and all over the world, but there is a coming healthcare crisis; a pending social security disaster; and an unfinished war. All this while terrorist dictators, with their strategically placed suicide-demolitioners, pause briefly to note our choice – because this will be a signal to them about whether to aggressively assault us or to plan an ambush…again. That’s a lot for us to consider. Possibly more than any generation in the history of our country has ever had to weigh.

It is written in Proverbs chapter 9 verse 10 that the fear (reverence) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom। Yet we have a Congress that constantly pushes the boundaries with regard to ethics and morality, and forces their outrageous pet projects down the throats of the American people with total disregard and disrespect of the wills of the majority. One thing that we need to be asking is, do we just want change, or do we want a resolution to the issues that we are facing? Change can be good and change can be bad. And change that’s nonspecific is not only overly risky, it’s reckless. A resolution implies a workable solution. And since these problems have been looming for far longer than one or two presidential terms and are quite "bipartisan" in nature, it is realistic to suspect that resolving them will also take longer.

The above are tough things to consider. But these difficult circumstances should be raising questions in our minds about who we really want in such a presidential and congressional hot seat. It’s going to take something of a miracle to fix these inevitably explosive problems. But all things are possible with God. And He is more than willing to work through leaders who will acknowledge Him on behalf of this country and act with integrity. He is also willing to move on behalf of a people who will humble themselves enough to call upon His name for solutions…and then follow His ways.