We Christians show our lack of faith by some of the untempered responses we have to the current administration. It’s not that we don’t have reason for concern with Barack Obama, it is that there is a panic or unrest among professing Christians that doesn’t help our witness to the world. Who do we serve? Is he a puny and whiny God? No! We serve the Triune God that works His purposes out in the world as He sees fit and in the best way for us. As Christians we should realize that leaders and nations come and go. We shouldn’t put our faith in government when we like the leadership or when we don’t like the leadership.

To get all riled up over Barack Obama and to fret and worry about this, even if we don’t admit that that is what we are doing, is a sin that we must repent of quickly. We Christians need to focus on doing what we are called to do: to be faithful and world-changing all-the-while remembering that God will work out all things to our good. We don’t have time to worry and think too much on all the things that can and might happen because of the Democrats or Barack Obama. We must be faithful to our callings and work in the here and now. There is always a place and time for dissent and protest of policies when we disagree with our government. But that must be done while ever remembering that we serve a God who created all things and holds all things together. Accidental or unaware, we must stop putting faith in government and forgetting who places men and women in power and removes them. Let us again be reminded that, “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God” (Psalm 20:7)