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Something Sweeter!
Like most children, our kiddos love stuffing their mouths with Easter candy. They gleefully dive into chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, Peeps, and more. Of course, we have to put a limit on the delightful confections, otherwise we’ll be racking up bills at the dental office. Even though we love our dentist, twice a year is enough!
But God’s Word reminds us of something even sweeter and more delightful than an overflowing candy basket: the harmonic unity when God’s people gather together as family.
As ancient followers of God journeyed up the steps toward Jerusalem to worship – en masse – they would sing this song to one another:
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard, coming down upon the edges of his robes.
It is like the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion;
For there the LORD commanded the blessing – life forever.” (Psalm 133)
God’s grace to His people Israel in the Old Testament looked forward to the Messiah’s coming kingdom. The beauty of unity in God’s grace had a consecrating effect – signified in the anointing oil, yet also a refreshing result – pictured in the dew. Mount Hermon is the tallest peak in Israel. As a snowcapped mountain, the icy, freshwater runoff brings an abundance of dew and agricultural vitality. These streams ultimately feed into the Jordan River, the main life-source artery for all Israel. Fruitfulness. Beauty. Fullness.
So, we discover the beauty of unity ultimately leads to the blessing effect: Life! The sweetness of dwelling, worshiping, and journeying together in unity is an experience of God’s life among us.
The promised blessing of life forevermore in Zion remains the assured hope of we, the grafted-in family of faith in Christ. Today, the future breaks-through into the present. We can experience present joy because our future rests in the blessing of God. We live in the present reality of God’s presence. He is forming, sanctifying, and purifying us. We’re a kingdom of priests unto our God (Isa. 61:6; Ex. 19:6; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 1:6).
And where – in our everyday lives – do we most powerfully experience God’s presence? God the Holy Spirit’s presence dwells among His people. He is manifestly active among us as we gather, serve, sing, give, and love. We gain a foretaste of heaven when we’re gathered with God’s people on earth.
As much as we’re thankful for technological advances that allows us to live-stream our worship services, we fully believe this dramatically falls short of the sweeter-than-Easter-candy experience of gathering not just to spectate but to participate in one another’s lives; to serve someone, pray for a friend, or speak an encouraging word face-to-face. How good it is. How sweet the moment!
The past twelve months presented all of us with greater isolation from the joy of unity than ever before. By God’s grace, recent advances are allowing us to regather – to taste that inkling of the heaven to come. We’re looking forward to worshiping, serving, and dwelling together with you in the beauty of unity borne out of God’s grace.
As we look ahead to Easter Sunday and beyond, we want you to know of some changes we’re making so that you may, again, cultivate friendships, experience the blessing of serving, and be a part of what God is doing among us.
What’s Ahead?
- Operation Kindness: Last call for candy donations (Sunday, March 21). Email office@mayfairbible.org if you’d like to help deliver!
- Good Friday @ 6PM: Tenebrae Communion Service: in-person; mask-required section provided in south quarter of the auditorium; every other pew roped off.
- Resurrection Sunday (April 4)
- 9:15AM: super safe service – masks required. Are you member and able to wear a mask for the length of a service? If so, would you prayerfully consider attending this service to provide extra space for the 10:45AM service?
- THRIVE Kids activity bags provided
- 10:45AM: standard safety – masks recommended by not required.
- THRIVE Kids ministry offered (nursery – 5th grade)!
- Deploy Opportunities: Welcome Team and Coffee n’ Cookie Fellowship Team members. Contact us if you’d like to experience the joy of serving on either of these teams for Resurrection Sunday: office@mayfairbible.org | 810-733-7130.
- 9:15AM: super safe service – masks required. Are you member and able to wear a mask for the length of a service? If so, would you prayerfully consider attending this service to provide extra space for the 10:45AM service?
- Baptism Celebration: Sunday, April 11
- One 10:45AM Worship Service but Two Venues:
- The Auditorium: standard safety – masks recommended but not required.
- The Elevate Room: super safe service – masks required. Matt Pearson (elder) will be leading this venue service; music and sermon live-streamed.
- EQUIP Courses Relaunch: Sunday, April 18 | 9:15AM Classes for all ages
- The Battle Plan for Prayer: Tom Rench + Charles and Diane Breznau
- Proverbs to Live By: Darrell Foltz
- The Church in Babylon: (DVD w/ Erwin Lutzer) – Robert Blazer and Jerry Demick
- New Connections Class: Pastor Michael Breznau
- Thrive Kids + ELEVATE Youth classes
- Semi-Annual Business Meeting: Sunday, April 25 @ 5PM
- Mother’s Day Parent-Child Dedication: Sunday, May 9 | Contact us if you’re interested!
- One 10:45AM Worship Service but Two Venues:
In God’s Vineyard,
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You Are Loved.
You Are Loved.
Nothing compares to the sweetness of God’s loving presence. In this age, as we await Christ’s return, we experience God’s presence directly and powerfully through His people. Yes, through you!
How is this so? God the Holy Spirit personally indwells every believer in Jesus. Each Spirit-empowered man and woman is then gifted to bring the presence of Christ to every other member of God’s family. We move in His power as we serve, teach, sing, and give to one another as the Spirit equips us.
God the Holy Spirit works within us and flows through us to build-up all of us together in Christ. Through this one-another ministry, the most palpable part of God’s presence is love. Placed between Paul’s discussion on the utilizing the Spirit’s gifts within us for the edification of all of us (1 Corinthians 12 and 14), we find the crux: The beauty and excellency of agape love (1 Corinthians 13).
We Need One Another.
We discover we are loved as we behold the depth of God’s affection in Jesus Christ. He alone is the perfect portrait of The Love Chapter. Yet He calls and empowers His family to respond to one-another with this same love.
Love… “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” (1 Cor. 13:7-8a)
So we can honestly say to one another in the deepest sense: you are loved. We are cherished perfectly by Christ and we taste of His perfect love as it flows among God’s people.
In part, this is why gathering in-person for worship is essential. It’s impossible to fully experience the Body-life as the people of Christ when we’re apart. I understand COVID-19 has weighed heavily on all of us. Concerns, fears, and questions abound. Yet I urge you, from a heart of love, to participate in-person not merely to hear a sermon or sing along to music, but to build-up, encourage, serve others with the presence and power of God. We need one another.
Take a moment to read 1 Corinthians 13. Let the words soak over your soul. Allow it to serve as a litmus test.
Here’s a brief juxtaposition I jotted down this week for personal evaluation:
Love Serves :: Lust Seduces
Love Gives :: Lust Grabs
Love Prays :: Lust Preys
Love Heals :: Lust Hurts
Love Opens :: Lust Disguises
Love Forgives :: Lust Tallies
Love Endures :: Lust Abandons
Let’s take a moment to allow God to probe: How does your heart line up with agape love?
Love in Christ,
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Come Unto Jesus
As I was driving the kids home from school this afternoon, Hudson became bored and began fishing around in our old CDs. Ha! Remember those?
“Hey dad! What’s this?” Hudson shouted, as he held up a non-descript CD-R reminiscent of my music-ripping days. If you’re a child of the 80’s or early-90’s, you know what I’m talking about.
“That’s an old CD that I put some music on… probably 20 years ago.” I replied.
“Really? Like, were you singing on it?” Hudson asked.
“No, I don’t think on this one.” I told him as we slid the disc into the player.
Soon old praise songs, Steve Green solos, and a bit of Carman were flooding the walls of our minivan. We skipped through a few of the slower ballads until we arrived at the last track.
The introduction caught my ears and began to pull at the strings of my heart. The familiar 1970s baseline immediately brought me back to a dark hospital room…
My mother and I stood by the bedside of my grandma, Betty Czarnecki. She wasn’t even passed her mid-70’s. But a stroke and continued heart trouble had brought her to those final days. Grandma had gospel exposure throughout her life, but not personal gospel understanding. She was a good and loving woman, but she had not yet received full, eternal forgiveness.
In her last hours, my mother and I told her, again, of the gospel of grace and everlasting life in Jesus Christ. My mom then asked me to sing a few songs to her. The final one I sang was the last on that dusty old CD we found today.
Come unto Jesus.
Come unto Jesus, give Him your life today;
Come unto Jesus, let Him have His way!
Oh, I know there are things in your life
You think He can’t forgive;
But He’ll forgive and forget, my friend,
And show you how to live.
Come unto Jesus, give Him your heart today;
Come unto Jesus, let Him have His way!
Don’t you put it off my friend;
You can’t afford to wait;
Today’s the day for you,
Soon it could be too late!Come unto Jesus, give Him your life today;
Come unto Jesus, let Him have His way!
There in that cold, lonely room my grandma responded to God’s invitation. Her hand tightly squeezed mine and she responded with understanding and personal trust in Jesus the Christ.
My mom and I wept. But now with tears of joy.
Come unto Jesus.
Yes, you. Maybe you’ve been attending church services all your life. Perhaps you’ve been reading these notes from me for years. But do you know of true, complete forgiveness? Who owns your heart? To what effort are you clinging to maintain your standing with God? Your best stuff or Christ’s cross?
God invites you today. Don’t put it off, my friend. Give Him your life today. Come unto Jesus.
“Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord.
Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18 – NET)
Click on the button below to listen to Dallas Holm sing “Come Unto Jesus”:
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Roll it onto Him
King David, the ancient poet-shepherd, reminds us:
“Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
and He will do it.”
(Psa. 37:5)
Biblical Hebrew is rich with word pictures and “commit” is no exception. The verbal imperative גול (gō wl) conveys the idea of rolling all your burdens, questions, and anxieties onto God. You can even use the sound of the word in Hebrew as a memory device, since it would be pronounced similar to our word “goal.” To “goal” is to roll it all into the hands of God.
If we receive more snow this weekend, I know my children will be chomping at the bit to make a snowman in the yard. Yet the hardest part for my kiddos is rolling and pushing and rolling those big, wet snowballs along into a nice size for a wintry anthropomorphic creation.
“Daddy! Come help us roll the snowball for the snowman!” they’ll shout.
So we’ll all gather behind to push and roll the snow into a weight we can no longer shove one more inch.
Maybe the weight of your worry is just too heavy to push. Perhaps the way forward – the path of 2021 – simply gives you more stress as you think about it.
You might be thinking (like me): “The past twelve months were like slogging in slush. I’m tired of pushing and shoving this stuff! What proof do we have that this new year will be any different?”
But God says, “Come.”
“Roll it over to Me. I’ll take it from here.”
He carries the weight and worry with His all-powerful shoulders.
And our response after we’ve done our share of the rolling?
Trust Him.
He’ll do it.
Yes, far better than you and me.
Love in Christ,
P.S.
Be sure to click on the video below to get the details on what’s ahead for this Sunday and next week at Mayfair Bible Church!
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When the Wheels Come Off
While the last ten months were filled with uncertainty across America, the last few weeks have been nothing short of utter chaos. Myriad theories abound but one thing is clear: our nation is broken. The wheels have come off.
Our political leadership has never been more divided since the Civil War. To make matters worse, the fault-lines of the culture often invade the Church. The societal division, distrust, and despair is – even now – wreaking havoc in congregations across our nation.
Yet three heart-truths are the keys to remaining strong in God’s peace, power, and purpose:
- Prayer is not our last resort, but rather the most effective action we can take. God is readily able to do what is completely impossible for us. James reminds God’s people:
“Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.” (James 5:17-18)
- Every particle of creation is under God’s command. Nothing is outside God’s purview. Through a vision to a pagan ruler, Nebuchadnezzar, God proclaims:
“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers and the decision is a command of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, and bestows it on whom He wishes and sets over it the lowliest of men.” (Daniel 4:17)
- Our mission orders remain unchanged. Every born-again disciple is called to multiply. Although we’re thankful for our flag and the freedom it represents, we are followers of Jesus who live on His mission under the banner of the Cross. As long as we have breath, we can speak of Jesus as the Way, the Truth, and the Life. May He be first on our lips as we talk, write, tweet, blog, or post into the darkness of this present age. Missiologist Jeff Christopherson said, “The Christian revolution started not with a grasping powerplay, but with an open-handed emptying of power (Phil. 2:5-9). Scarred palms are the symbols of an uncompromising kingdom insurrection. [This is] our way forward.” [1] Let’s march forward with the gospel truth spoken and shown in love:
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…” (Matt. 28:19a)
Is your heart weary? Your mind beleaguered? Maybe your spouse or elderly parents are chewing away at their fingernails as they watch the news?
Hit pause.
Pray.
Remember.
God is still sovereign and His ways can be trusted.
Love in Christ,
Michael
P.S.
Recommended for further reading:
- “Partisan Evangelicals and the Burning of the Mission Field”
- 4 Considerations for Christians Wanting to Engage in Political Activism
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Who to Believe?
I recently remarked to a friend, “I don’t know who or what to believe!” Right, left, middle, and from somewhere in the outfield, I receive articles, videos, and press releases. Everyone claims to have a corner on the truth.
But in this war-torn day of divide-and-conquer-and-divide some more, I, frankly, cannot bring myself to believe much of anything I hear is a full representation of the truth. I don’t say this as a criticism of any particular news agency, only that the myriad messages echoing across our country are incredibly disparate and bewildering.
I don’t know who to believe anymore. Even now, many people are chomping at the bit to tell me which news channel or political pundit to believe. Everyone wants to persuade me to their angle.
But through the cacophony of voices, a line from God’s Word rang its song again through my soul:
“… nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.”
(2 Timothy 1:12)
While in my angst and worry and prayer, God providentially brought me back to a dusty 2006 audio recording of me singing what my heart still knows is Truth.
I may not know who to believe here on earth. But I do know in whom I have believed and He alone rules over earth and heaven. Christ, the righteous judge, will deal with perfect justice in the end.
My sister, Sarah, accompanied me on the piano in this simple, amatuer studio take (from 15 years ago).
I place these lyrics before you with fresh, vivid images so that these truths may find a resting place in our souls. Click on the video below to watch + listen to our song “We Believe” on YouTube:
WE BELIEVE | recorded in 2006 | Sung by Michael Breznau | Piano by Sarah Henderson (Breznau)
Songwriters: Nathan Di Gesare / Dan Scott | DaySpring, LLC
Song originally performed by Steve Green
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Blah Christmas
Here’s my new poem-spoken word film for your 2020 Christmas. It’s been quite a year, friends!
Watch it:
Read it:
Each Advent, I’d pen a poem, a Christ-themed rhyme,
a light-filled song about that night divine
My heart was full as ink struck scroll
A Christmas cheer, a snowflake here,
A starlit night inspired my mind, my heart felt bright
But try as I might… the Christmas feel is forced this year
The adornments hang like a cheap veneer
No snow, no song, no pine boughs hung
Could break this despondent spell of the no good, very bad, coronavirus 2020 year
Omit the raging illness, everyday still unveils the ugliness
Which rose to the surface in this year of fear
Politicians screaming, innocence falling, landscapes burning, and voting, voting, voting!
Facebook shouted at us every day, every month, hey, it seemed the whole year: “Have you yet registered to vote in this year of all years?”
How can I think of what’s ahead when I just want this crazy turmoil to end?
How can I write of happy glad tidings, holly and jolly, when the world appears to be going down into a sin-stained, stench-filled potty?!
I looked and waited for the Christmas inspiration,
a full week into Advent and still everything was belated, deflated
2020 was an exhausting receipt of disappointment – at least that much was clear
– stacked layer upon layer, dampening any sense of Christmas cheer
But then I heard the oddest of songs: a dusty genealogy
Set to meter and rhyme with a dose of harmony…
Take one listen and all appears as one nasty, gassy charade
From Abraham the lying began, then the whole line of sinners marched on in a disastrous parade!
Jacob the deceiver, Judah an abuser, Solomon the idolater, David an adulterer
The longer their march grew, the worse the crew!
Rehoboam, Manasseh, Amon, and Jehoiachin, all sick-in-the-head, a sinful kin!
The women in the mix? Oft-treated like cattle and chattel
But then I noticed something that would make even the sleepiest head rattle
A healing was appearing, a redeeming from the rotting…
For Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, God’s grace could be traced
Down this tree of names to a young girl with no societal place
Mary, her name is quietly sung but followed by a great anthem
She would give birth to a Son
One like no another, for He would save His people from their sins
And give true freedom within
At His Arrival…
Nothing was perfect, nothing was bright
The righteous? Oppressed.
The wicked ruled with great might.
Yet there into a darkest mess,
that year of all years brought hope and forgiveness
For the world… a name, a person, a Baby
He would be King of all kings in this our year of all years
And for every year of our Lord after that!
So my drooping head and burdened heart were lifted
For Christ arrived precisely for those being sifted
The Infant in the manger wasn’t born to the celebrating, but for those in mourning
…in the closet of grief
…in the pressure of pain
…in the darkness of death
So as my ink again struck the page
I saw the frame around my portrait of Christmas was amiss
Because I was relying on the tinsel, snowflakes, and holiday bliss
The joy of Christmas is found in the grace healing our mess, a redeeming light into deepest darkness
Emmanuel enters this year, our neighborhoods of weary, beleaguered COVID-too-near
And declares God is with us still and He will guide us into another New Year.
For the One who upended the curse and fulfilled God’s promise
Is the ultimate cure for our Blah Christmas
Jesus, the Savior, for all drowning in a stinking sin-sickness.
So, in Him receive Life
Rejoice for He arrived for you that holy night.
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“Blah Christmas” | by Michael J. Breznau | All Rights Reserved
Isaiah 9:6-7
6 For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this.
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A Weary World
The world is weary. 2020 has waged its battle against us in more ways than one. Families, marriages, businesses, and nations are all showing signs of multiple stress fractures.
Yet this is not a unique or new experience for humanity.
The world was weary and broken as Adam and Eve shuffled out of the Garden of Eden. The heaviness of sin hung over their heads.
The world was weary on the day of Jesus the Messiah’s birth. Roman rulers and vassal lords meted out punishment and oppression to everyone who didn’t tow their line. Taxation was franchised as a business to people willing to sell-out to the government thugs and fleece-out their own family members.
Yet the beloved hymn proclaims:
…Long lay the world in sin and error pining
‘Til He appears and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoicesFor yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees; O hear the Angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born
O night, O Holy night, O night divine!
(lyrics from “O Holy Night,” which we will sing at our in-person Christmas Eve service at 6PM – Mayfair Bible Church)
One has come to save us from our brokenness and grant forgiveness.
…in the place of weeping
…in the closet of heartache
…in the darkness of death
He came. For you.
As the angel told Joseph in a vision, “you shall call His name is Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)
In the worst of this year…
In the weary world…
We will rejoice.
For a new and glorious morn has arrived in the Son. Let us gather to worship this King, Jesus.
Stephanie, Hudson, Everlynn, Carson, and I are praying you all have a very Merry Christmas!
We can’t wait to worship with you today on this Christmas Eve (in-person communion and candlelight at 6PM and via Mayfair’s Virtual Christmas Special at 3PM, 7PM, and 11PM! Go here for more details: Mayfair Bible Church
Love,
Michael
P.S.
Mayfair’s Virtual Christmas Special will be aired on Facebook LIVE, YouTube LIVE, and our website on Christmas Eve: 3PM, 7PM, and 11PM.
We’ll feature guest musician Luke Cyrus, along with special pieces by Dave Collins, Stephanie Breznau, and the Mayfair worship band. Poems, advent recitations, an interactive kids reading from Stephanie Mattiuzzo and more will make this an event the whole family will enjoy!
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The First Thanksgiving?
Most Americans think of a brisk yet beautiful November day in 1621 when the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving celebration to God. Their battle to survive in the New World was fierce, yet their Creator brought them through. Not without sorrow, they turned to Christ with praise for what He had granted. Turkey, corn, treats, and athletic games have been a trademark of the holiday ever since.
In 1789, shortly after the Revolutionary War, President George Washington issued a proclamation of thanksgiving to God for our entire nation:
“…to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country…” (1789 Proclamation)
Amid a nation ripped in two by the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sealed Thanksgiving as a perpetual holiday for our nation:
“I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” (1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation)
But these were not the first national thanksgiving proclamations given by government leaders. Far before the founding of the United States, a different leader by the name of King David proclaimed a national Psalm of Thanksgiving in front of the entire nation of Israel. Similar to all the battles and wars above, this moment in Israel’s history marked their defeat of the Philistines and the recovery of the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem. After years of difficulty and upheaval, God brought victory to His people.
So David sang:
“Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad . . . Blessed by the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting.” (1 Chronicles 16:8-10)
What was the response of the nation? “Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the LORD.” (1 Chron. 16:36b)
Today, we survey a nation and world torn into tiny fragments by a ravaging virus, fear, protests, and political unrest. But we can look back at the past storms, battles, and wars of the past and seen God’s providence over His people. We, as the grafted-in and redeemed people of God through faith in Christ, can offer thankfulness to God for His great grace and goodness. We lift up thanks and praise to Him not only for the easy roads but also the difficult twist and turns of the journey, through which He forms in us a greater trust, a deeper rest, and a patience of soul.
His covenant with us is irrevocable and eternal.
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And all the people said, “Amen!”
Have a blessed day of giving thanks to God, the Almighty Lord and Creator of heaven and earth!
Love in Christ,
Pastor Michael
From Stephanie, Hudson, Everlynn, Carson, and I: We hope and pray you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day celebration!
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Who Knows?
What a day.
I write to you as our national election remains entirely up-in-the-air. Yet you and I must not despair. Although our nation’s fate seems to be hanging by a thread, our hope is in a King, who will deal with justice and truth in the end. As a poet once soulfully proclaimed:
“God is not dead, nor does he sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail…” (H.W. Longfellow)
Nations rise and fall. But the Gospel ensures a future in a kingdom which will not be destroyed. The risen Redeemer heralds the news of victory: “To Him was given a dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away.” (Daniel 7:14a)
Every conscientious citizen of the USA seems to sit on pins and needles as they await the final outcome of this year’s presidential bid. Each hour (or perhaps every ten minutes!) we are prompted to refresh the voting maps. With each tenth-of-a-percent fluctuation, we feel anxiety and uncertainty burn through our nervous system. News commentators and political analysts throw bits of data back and forth as we numbly watch our glowing screens. Our minds swirl with questions that lack satisfying answers:
“What will be the outcome?”“What if _________ wins?“What then?“Who knows what’s happening right now?!”
Yet there is One who knows precisely how this election will end. Beyond this momentary crisis, He knows and has even planned all things together by the counsel of His will to the praise of His glory (Eph. 1:11-12). A bit of theology 101 helps us: The Triune God stands outside the bounds of time. He is not governed by the clock but created time itself. He knows the end from the beginning and lives eternally as the Alpha and Omega over all created order.
So who knows? God alone.
Our Father knows the ebbs and flows of this great river we call America. Yet don’t rest your hopes and dreams in the land of the free (as beautiful as it may be). For “you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession…” (1 Pet. 2:9a). Remember who you are and whose you are. Even further, take the mission by grasping how He who called you now invites you to live: “…so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light . . .” (1 Pet. 2:9b).
Want to know the final results?
I’ve read the end of the book. In the end, God wins.
Let us place all our trust in Him.
In God’s Vineyard,
Michael
Take a moment to allow this song to strengthen your faith in the sovereign Ancient of Days:
