He Who Will Save Us

O LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you.
Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.

- Isaiah 33

As everyone else's seem to be, my thoughts are on the outcome of the election. I've been watching with interest at the differing reactions. There are the usual emotions of disappointment or satisfaction, depending on the desired outcome of the voter. There was the gracious speech by Senator McCain, and the tears shining in the eyes of Governor Palin.

What I found to be alarming were some of the images of hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the night air cheering, sobbing, looking to their newly elected leader as if he were some sort of answer to all the world's problems.

When did we become a country that looked to their leaders to provide for them, rather than depending on the God this nation was built to honor? When did Americans decide that they needed a new savior to take away their financial woes and bring an end to their wars and lead them into a grand new era of change and progress? What human in all of history has been able to accomplish all the grandiose achievements that not only are these people counting on him to deliver, but that he has gone so far as to promise them with his own mouth?

I know I'm too young to remember all the other moments in history that the times spoke of prophesy. I know that President Elect Obama may just be another young and attractive leader that people will fixate on for a time until they realize he's just a man. After all, there have been many like him that have come and gone.

But maybe, just maybe, these times speak of more. Maybe there is a new wind of change blowing. Maybe we have come to a crucial point in history where ancient texts are soon to come alive with faces and names attaching to descriptions and players falling into place on a giant game board called earth as it gears up for the most spectacular battle between good and evil that mankind has ever known.

Jesus said to watch. Be alert. Pay attention to the events that transpire upon the page of history. We have a true King, who has already solved the problems. And maybe if we take our eyes off our own desires and greed and selfishness we might hear his voice calling in the distance.

I am coming soon!