Saturday Devotional...God is on His Throne And...

                                                                                                        ...HE IS IN CONTROL

This is a writing that one of the writers did on the day after Election Day. We are not trying to be overly political here in Women's Focus Ministries. But devotionals reflect thinking and happenings in our lives. We also think that some of these things are on many of our readers minds this week.

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Today is a sad day, not that it was unexpected, but a faint hope was there that said perhaps we could turn things around. That just maybe we could save America from going further away from God. Our judgment is here and now. We have turned away from God and His commands. We continue to turn to our own ways and understanding. Perhaps it is too easy for us to believe that we are in control of our destiny.

God is on His throne and He is in control of everything. We have sat under this Godless authority for years, and it will continue on a downhill slide, picking up speed as we begin the next four years.

Lord, I pray that You would soften President Obama’s heart. He has confessed You as his Lord, make him true to those words. Bring us all to our knees and cause us to acknowledge our part in the decay of this beautiful country that You gave to us. Lord we deserve Your judgment and Your wrath.

In this time of our deep need,

help us again as you did in years gone by.

And in your anger,

remember your mercy.
  (Habakkuk 3:2)

 

Though the fig tree may not blossom,

 nor the fruit be on the vines,

 though the labor of the olive may fail,

and the fields yield no food,
though the flock may be cut off from the fold,

and there be no herd in the stalls;

yet I WILL rejoice in the Lord,

I WILL joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

Written by
Jackie Gilmer
11/7/12