God is Sovereign! His will be done!

Romans 13:1-7
"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor."

In honor of the election, I have chosen to focus this blog entry on the verse above. I am not here to tell you my political views (as a matter of fact, I am not even going to tell you who I voted for), but rather, I am writing to express that God is still in control, no matter who holds the presidential seat. No matter what your political views are, or who you voted for, be reminded that "there is no authority except that which God has established." The new man that now represents our country is who we are supposed to submit to, not because we have to, but because God commands us to. But we must also remember that we are not to submit to him if or when he does something contrary to God's word, but for the time being, he is the power that God has put over us, and we need to respect him and submit to him. We also need to pray for our president, whether we like him or not. Pray for God's will to be done in every situation and every decision. I know this may be hard for some of you to hear (and again, I don't know who some of you have voted for), but please bear with me and really search for yourself what the Bible has to say on this issue.