Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the LORD GOD is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation. (Isaiah 12:2)
This has been a surreal year in our nation as we prepare to elect our next president. It is hard, as a person of faith, not to trust that God has a hand in our nation and is guiding us to a better future. The political world is as faithless as ever, if we were to judge solely on what we hear and watch from our news networks, whichever one you consume.
There are some that wish that we look upon our elected leaders as if they are our salvation and strength. And it is easy to be manipulated into thinking that one person can be our new messiah. When all that comes at us through the media, mainstream or not, is that we should fear the future, we find ourselves participating in that fear. We then need to attend to that fear. Then we find ourselves caught up in the rhetoric of those running for office that only they can be our strength and salvation.
Surely God is our salvation.
Surely we should trust in God.
Surely we should not be afraid.
It is important for us who follow the Way of Jesus to remember who is our messiah. It is important to study the words that is shared by him. What does Jesus say about our time?
"I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness." (John 12:46)
We know that we are Children of God and that through our baptisms we have been promised a future free from hate, pain, and death. We have nothing to fear. We clear eyes and open hearts we are set free to share with our neighbors this word that is shared over and over again by God, God's angels, and Jesus: DO NOT BE AFRAID!
Vote, but do so from your knowledge that surely God is our salvation.
