by Read Romans 9:17-22 and let me explain…
Most of us will agree that God “removeth kings, and setteth up kings” (Daniel 2:21). But do we really understand God’s will setteth up wicked kings?
ACCORDING TO ROMANS 9: Our job is to be in the will of God, not to resist it, nor speak against it, even when He calls the most wicked kings into power. Let this sink in, in Romans 9:17 God’s longsuffering voted for Pharaoh, a man who sanctioned a most vicious style of abortion in all of world history. This murder of innocent life was far worse than anything today, it was 100% after-birth abortion at the king’s commanded, who said, “When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him” (Exodus 1:16).
ACCORDING TO ROMANS 9: God setteth up Pharaoh for His purpose. Yes, a vote for kings like this makes me cringe as it does you and as it surely did God Himself, but His will was far greater. For without Pharaoh and his heinous abortions there would be no Passover, and without the Passover there would be no Savior, and without a Savior “we are of all men most miserable” (Exodus 12; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; 15:13-19)!
ACCORDING TO ROMANS 9: Application challenges a few questions for us today. Will we vote alongside our great God as He shows Himself to be the One who setteth up kings this coming November? Do we trust that the table in November has already been set by the will of God? Do we believe that whether righteous or unrighteous, the next President of the United States will come by the will of God, as He deems fit for our nation? If so, then trusting verses like Romans 9:17-22 helps us see more clearly and trust that Voting for the Best of the Worst is not a cop-out to avoid our civic duty to vote, nor an excuse to vote for who we want.
This coming November, is our earnest desire to vote in the will of God, even from a pool of unrighteous of men that He will place before us? Understanding this, whether we vote or not, it is still God who removeth kings, and setteth up kings. Understanding also, if we are to be in the will of God even as He votes in a Pharaoh, do we really have a choice about whether to vote or not?
