We have over the past few years been clinging to the hope that we could return to normal. That's what we wanted....a thriving stock market....and a world where we could make our plans again....months in advance....years....and even decades.
I can understand that....for it's as normal as apple pie....but in order to do that we had to live not by God's Word....but by positive thinking....and the result of all this is that our vigilance disappeared....along with our discernment....particularly God's warnings to us....but we wanted nothing to do with God's warnings....and if we had to become selective in our Bible reading....then that's what we would do....and in fact that is what we have done.
I heard today of comments from a friend who I hadn't seen since the end of last year. This person is the most vocal supporter of Donald Trump that I know.....for there seemed to be no conversation of any kind to be had without heading off into the Deep State. Apparently....they volunteered the comment that Donald Trump may indeed be a bad person....(I believe they used a stronger word)....but that God at times uses bad people....which God certainly does....for many and various purposes....but the fact that this particular person volunteered this was encouraging. The shield may be cracking.
I've prayed for President Trump....constructed whole posts on prayers for him....wrote a very short story on a fictitious encounter of the President and a true evangelical minister.....in the Oval Office....where the biblical gospel was actually given to him....not the pablum he is used to getting....along with adoration from 'ministers of the gospel'.....and where he actually responded somewhat positively. (you can read this if you want....it was titled....Preying Hands....and is from October 29, 2017)
I have never given up hope that Donald Trump would for the first time in his life show some personal humility. I thought that God might have him eat grass on the White House lawn....(figuratively speaking)....because of his blasphemous arrogance....as did Nebuchadnezzar graze in the fields. I don't wish him ill at all....I just wish him to be a one-term president....primarily because his psychological disorders are so many and so serious....that dealing with our enemies is more than problematic....it is a recipe for disaster.
Having said this....it appears that he will most likely be our president for at least the next six months.....months where the China situation may greatly deteriorate....(thanks to President Trump himself)....and Israel may....if the outcome of the 2020 election appears in doubt....force the issue with Iran sometime between now and the end of the year. Putin and North Korea are also part of this problem.....so....what are Christians to do?
Well....first of all we need to humble ourselves for placing our trust in a man.....and in doing so taking it off of Jesus Christ. We need confront our own personal desires....and ask ourselves if we want Jesus to return or not....and we need to let God's Word speak to us....and inform us as to the condition of impending judgment that we are in. Only then can we pray rightly for this man....seek mercy upon his soul and not his job....and have true hope and needed wisdom in the difficult days ahead.
