Bob and I just finished filling out our absentee ballots for this mid-term election. I am sure that there will be more than a few incumbents across this nation that will give up their positions to another. National elections will happen in two years. We’ll see a new President and probably more than a few incumbents across this nation will also be giving up their positions to another. That is the way in a Constitutional Republic.

But that’s also true for a monarchy. Queen Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years + 214 days, from February 6, 1952, until her death on September 8, 2022, when her son assumed the throne. It’s even true for a dictatorship. Paul Biya of Cameroon has been in power since 1975, 41 years, and the day is coming when he, too, will relinquish his rule.

Whenever we get focused on just who wields power now (and worry about what they might or might not do), we need to remember that they are but a temporary dot on the expanse of time and eternity! The rulers of this world are continually replaced. We need to focus on the One who is truly reigning, always has reigned, and always will reign. We need to focus on the One who has ultimate power.

 “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” [1Timothy 1:17 NIV]

“Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: ‘The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.’” [Revelation 11:15 NLT]

Whatever these elections might hold, we serve the One True, Eternal, Immortal, Invisible God! Amen&Amen