Father God, I thank You right now for allowing me to personally experience history being made last night. In this beautiful country of hope and possibility, we have now seen the first African-American president-elect. We thank You right now God for we know that You are in control of all things. We thank You that the polls have proven that it goes beyond a “race thing” with 61% of the president-elect’s votes coming from Caucasian-Americans. Thank You for an undeniably, decisive end to this campaign season. For too long, our televisions have been assaulted by political campaigns and our ears assailed by negative talk about the candidates running for office. For too long we have had to endure an election season that seemed like it would never end. While all along, You had already chosen who would lead these United States of America. Thank You – for Your ways are not our ways. Who would have believed it from the start that a little known Senator from Chicago would step on the national – no, world stage and effect history the way that You have allowed Him to?

Thank You God for giving us the opportunity to vote – thank You for the record turnout that says that votes do matter. All of this has been hard to absorb. So, much going on that is all by Your hand. It is indeed a wonder.
Thank You for everything You’ve shown us and done for us in this election season but we thank You most of all for choosing individuals whose heart can be molded unto You. Begin the next level of molding. Do so now, please God. Mold them and shape them into leaders that will follow You. Press upon the people to pray for the leaders. They need prayer and continual submission to You Father. Let not this time of victory be a time that they would stand on their own merits but instead that they would fully lean and depend on Your strength and Your power and Your might Father. They did not get to their election posts by their own power – but by Yours. Give them a sense of humility. And, likewise, the nation. For although we are strong in military might and a number of other measures, they all count for nothing if we are weak in You. Give us a humility that shows that we serve You – Our One true God.

This nation stands in need of leadership that submits to Your will and Your way. We have gone astray in past times from Your leadership, preferring the things of the flesh and denying the things of the Spirit, but now Father, we stand at a moment of opportunity. We stand in the beams of hope. Teach us. Lead us. Guide us. And, we will never be the same.

We ask Your protection for all of the elected officials. We ask that no weapon formed against them be able to prosper. Guard now, God. Secure now, Father. Do it, please Sir. We ask that they would be grave in their decision-making, counting every cost and measuring every deed by Your Holy Standard. We put our full trust in You.

In the words of Psalm 25: 2-4

2 in You I trust, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.

3 No one whose hope is in You
will ever be put to shame,
but they will be put to shame
who are treacherous without excuse.

4 Show me Your ways, O LORD,
teach me Your paths;

And so it’s here that we rest. We put our trust in You God. Our hope is not in an elected official but it is in You alone. We see what You can do – we thank You for all You’ve done. Help us to line ourselves up with You.

Show us Your way. Teach us Your paths. And, with Your help God, we will be a stronger, more committed and united people. Yes, we shall.