I heard recently that politicians have a view that they are always running for re-election. I don’t know if it’s due to the network and cable news programs tracking they every move and word, but it seems that the days are gone where candidates spent their time governing and worked on their campaigns the year before the election.
I find that I can get really caught up in the constant political events that are splashed across our television screens. Sometimes I find myself panicking about the outcome of this election or that election & taking my eyes off of the one who not only orchestrates the nations of this world, but the universe as well.
Chapter 5 of Daniel records a miraculous event where God announces to Belshazzar that God is removing him from power. Daniel begins this announcement with a reminder to Belshazzar that God was the one who had put his father in the high place of King.
"O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor. Because of the high position he gave him, all the peoples and nations and men of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled. But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like cattle; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and sets over them anyone he wishes. Daniel 5:18 –21
Although I sometimes can get caught up in the world-wide politics of the day, Daniel’s words are a firm reminder that our Heavenly Father puts those, who govern over nations, in their places of authority and can remove them as he sees fit. Our trust should be in the Lord regardless of how earthly circumstances seem to play out on the world stage.
