Unelected

Scripture:
While I live I will praise the Lord;
    I will sing praises unto my God while I have my life.
Do not put your trust in princes,
    nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
His breath leaves him, and he returns to the earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.
Psalms 146:2-4

Observation: Plain and simple ... put your trust in God, not in rulers, princes, presidents, leaders, officials, or any man or woman of the earth.

Application: I am downright distraught over the upcoming election. We are going to elect a person wholly unfit from almost every perspective. It is going to be bad. However, the scriptures remind us over and over again - I am not to place my trust in any elected person anyway. My trust is in the Lord, and the Lord alone. He is my leader, and my hope. He can work his will through whomever and under any circumstance.

My leader isn't elected, and cannot be unelected.

Prayer: Lord, I lift to you our nation and its leaders. On the face of it, we are heading into a dangerous situation. However, you are the Lord of all things, including this nation and its people. You are the only one in control, and your purposes will be carried out on earth regardless of the plots of men. Please be with us through these troubled and divided time, protecting your faithful, feeding the hungry, lifting the downtrodden, releasing those imprisoned by vice and addiction, caring for the fatherless and the widows, and providing justice to all, love for the righteous, and disaster on the wicked. Amen.