Eleven things about the election

You may have read or heard all you care to regarding yesterday’s election. If not, here are 11 observations or comments I offer, recognizing there is unlikely anything unique about any of them.

1. God has placed over us some whom we would not have chosen to govern us, and yet He remains perfectly holy, righteous, just and good.

2. God’s establishment of these in public office is part of His purpose for His glory, His gospel and our good as Christians in the United States of America.

3. God’s intention is that we honor those who govern us even while disagreeing with them – praying for them; thanking them when they do good; seeking to persuade them to change when they do not; opposing their intrusions on the sanctity of life, integrity of marriage and freedom of conscience, and supporting their removal from office if they run for re-election without changing.

4. More unborn children will die – and more mothers’ lives will be devastated – in this country and overseas with the support of government funding for the foreseeable future.

5. Homosexual marriage will continue to gain legitimacy with the power of the executive branch of the federal government behind it.

6. Coercion of Christian individuals and institutions – and other pro-life individuals and institutions – to underwrite abortion will continue unabated apart from a policy reversal by the Obama administration or a legal victory in the federal court system.

7. Christians will face some painful repercussions regarding health care apart from the reversals cited in No. 6.

8. The cultural divide continues to grow.

9. We should continue to build our church’s culture while loving, serving, evangelizing and discipling those outside that they might become part of that culture.

10. We, as the church, should continue to worship, pray, preach, teach, evangelize, disciple, serve and love – not in order to gain political victories but to glorify God, exalt Jesus and spread the gospel to the nations.

11. We should continually cry out to God for His mercy in our lives, our families, our church and our country.

If you want to read still more about a Christian response to the election, I commend Russell Moore’s post here and Al Mohler’s here, both from today.