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Dear John,
Earlier today, Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th President
of the United States. Many of our fellow citizens are celebrating, and
even gleeful. Still others are mourning, worried, perhaps even
fearful.
I am neither of those things. Instead, I have resolved to strive for
three things, and I would like to invite all believers to join me in
those today.
I am resolved to be hopeful-not because of who sits in the White
House, but because of Who sits on the throne of Heaven. All governing
authorities on Earth are subject to our God as the governing
Authority. If I place my hope in any political leader of any party, I
will always be disappointed. If I place my hope in Christ alone, I
will never be disappointed.
What's more, His light usually shines brightest in the darkest
places.
I am resolved to be faithful. I think often about the book of
Daniel, and specifically this verse: "The people who know their
God will stand firm and take action," (Daniel 11:32b). Daniel is
a beautiful example of a faithful servant of God who obeyed every
command of his governing authority, the king - except one
command. In other words, he rendered unto Caesar everything that was
Caesar's. But when the king tried to take what was God's
(Daniel's worship), Daniel had no choice except to disobey the
king in order to obey God. And God blessed him and cared for him.
Today, this means that I must be obedient to our lawful governing
authorities unless they forbid me from freely worshiping the Lord and
living out my faith. But, even as I am obedient, I will also stand
firm and take action-speaking truth into our culture and
engaging with our representative government, both for the sake of my
neighbor and also because my faithfulness compels me.
Faithfulness compelled us to speak light into President Trump's
administration, and we will do no less in President Biden's.
At the end of the day, I'd rather be found faithful in the
lion's den than to be found faithless and purposeless even while
I am safe from the hungry lions.
I am resolved to be prayerful. God's Word commands us to
pray for those who have governing authority over us-on this His
Word is clear. So today, I will pray for President Biden and his
administration-for God's wisdom for them, for their
salvation, and for their families. I will pray God would work in and
through them for His purposes and His glory.
I will also pray for President Trump, First Lady Melania, and their
family as they make this transition out of the White House, thanking
God for all his work protecting the lives of babies in the womb and
their mothers, and for religious freedom.
And, I will give thanks for a peaceful transition of power between
presidents, a blessing we have enjoyed for so long in this country,
but which many people throughout the world are deprived of.
We know our Pledge of Allegiance says "...one nation under
God." In these fraught times, we are hearing an emphasis on that first
part, "one nation," as politicians look for unity. But the most
important part of that phrase is the "under God." Many of our fellow
citizens have lost sight of that, and perhaps more than anything else,
I'm praying that we would regain that sense of subordination to God's
glory over the next few years.
In the meantime, my wife Randa and I, and our whole team at Minnesota
Family Council & Institute, are praying with and for you, and for
this great nation.
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Minnesota Family Council
2855 Anthony Lane South
Minneapolis, MN, 55418-3265
Phone 612.789.8811 / FAX
612.789.8858
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