Jesus is King

Last night, Robby and I sat watching the election results until it was projected that President Obama would be re-elected.  While I had been praying for this election and knew that whoever won would do so only because God allowed, I was discouraged and disappointed.  Once the announcement was made, we didn't waste any time heading off to bed.  

This morning as I came down for my coffee and quiet time, I felt a heaviness and dread about what's going to  happen to our country over the next four years.  I pulled out my devotional book (Jesus Calling by Sarah Young) and turned to November 7.  This is part of what I read (written as if Jesus is speaking):

Your sense of security must not rest in your possessions

or in things going your way.  I am training you to depend 

on Me alone, finding fulfillment in My Presence.

One of the passages that was mentioned with today's devotion is Psalm 27:4-5, which says, 

One thing I ask from the Lord,

    this only do I seek:

that I may dwell in the house of the Lord

    all the days of my life,

to gaze on the beauty of the Lord

    and to seek Him in his temple.

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For in the day of trouble

He will keep me safe in His dwelling;

He will hide me in the shelter of His sacred tent

    and set me high upon a rock.

Thank you, Lord Jesus, for the reminder that You are King, no matter what.  My security is in You, not in any man.  I will seek You and be comforted in your Presence.

I will pray for our country and for our President.  But I will keep my eyes fixed on things above and the eternal hope I have in Jesus--my Savior and Lord!