Gods Truth

If there is one thing that surfaces every time there is an election, it is disagreements. These disagreements can lead to arguments and bad feelings towards others. We must learn that our fight is not against people, it is against ideas in our heads that will disagree with others. These disagreements are part of human nature but they are not part of Spiritual nature. Hurt caused by disagreements is just that - our reaction to a situation or something said. Words do not hurt us, our feelings hurt us mostly when what we believe to be true is challenged by something that differs from what we think. We must never let our emotions dictate how we act towards someone though. We can easily agree to disagree and leave it at that so as not to affect relationships as we are commanded to love all, including our perceived "enemies" to our emotions. Both 2 Tim 2:22-26 and Titus 3:9 tell us to avoid foolish controversies and quarrels as they are unprofitable and worthless". But we are

With the US election this week, we can pray for the best and expose the worst but in the end, God will have whoever it is over us to accomplish His purpose.  Our final ruler we look forward to will be not through election but with power and majesty. Our Lord God and Saviour will return soon and every knee shall bow to Him and every power that is not from Him will cease, even the present, deceiving god of this world (2 Cor 4:4; Eph 6:12). Humanity gave this devil his power at the beginning and continues to by making their own desires more important (Rom 1:23-25) but Jesus took back that authority as the only Son of man that kept God's will first. While we await His return as King of kings, we can be assured that He will see us through all things in life. When we put Jesus at the centre of our lives, "the power that lives in us is greater than the one who is in the world" (1 John 4:4). Through His Spirit alone dwelling in us (Rom 8:11), we have power over evil (Luke 4:6; 10