The 2016 Presidential Elections are OVER and DONALD TRUMP is now America’s president elect. While, “God Only Knows” Why and HOW such a man has won this election, one thing is for certain; the next four years will surely make things clear.  As I ponder over the reality of God’s will, I am reminded of 1 Sam. 8.  This is a familiar story of where the Israelite people demanded of Samuel a king when all they really needed to do was trust God and walk in alignment.  God was incensed by their blindness and chose to give them a king…His name was SAUL.

1 Samuel 8New International Version (NIV)

Israel Asks for a King

8 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. ² The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. ³ But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.

⁴ So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. ⁵ They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.”

⁶ But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. ⁷ And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. ⁸ As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. ⁹ Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”

¹⁰ Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. ¹¹ He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. ¹² Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. ¹³ He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. ¹⁴ He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. ¹⁵ He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. ¹⁶ Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use. ¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. ¹⁸ When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

¹⁹ But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. ²⁰ Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”

²¹ When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord. ²² The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”

Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”

 

I believe everyone in this country and those watching us from all over the world will agree, this election had an “unusual” spirit about it and you don’t have to be prophetic to sense it.  I have learned by experience that the will of God is first discerned and then confirmed by His movement.  As believers we get caught up in the glory of just hearing God and lose sight of understanding God.  Over the past decade the people of God universal has conceived a divine message that the seasons are changing for our country and consequently, we have been compelled to pray and declare revival in our land. This changing season is a sign that an End-time generation is being born.  This would suggest that God has an End-time agenda.  This is something that should not surprise believers, as we know from scripture, from Genesis to Revelation, that God ALWAYS had a plan and it plays out like clockwork.  However, sometimes it seems God is a master multi-tasker, working several projects simultaneously, starting and stopping at any given time, orchestrating every part like a fierce yet beautifully choreographed ballet.  This is how I view the current move of God in this generation.

When a man has lost his way spiritually and morally, his character becomes so unruly that only the power of God can cause him to wake up, see clearly, repent and return to God in a relationship of love that he was originally formed with.  While our country’s democratic leadership are well-intentioned, it is clear they’re vision was pressing “Fast-Forward” for a New World Order, chip implant economic system, reckless liberties for the sake of all people, and a growing broken relationship with Israel. On the other hand, our republicans were so frantically pressing “Reset” in an attempt to maintain what they believed to be their country’s founding values, that they themselves have become blind (to their own demise) by gravely compromising those cherished values where it means most (love, respect and care for their fellowmen) and stoop to despicable, hypocritical and ruthless lengths in an effort to gain and maintain control and power.  Let’s face it, the ship is WRECKED!

It appears to me that in this divine season God has pressed “PAUSE” for the sake of His plan that loves mankind and especially His people.  While some things MUST take place, in God’s agenda, the question is WHEN.  I believe this is a season where God is making His Bride ready for her Bridegroom.  I believe there needs to be a PAUSE so the world will wake up and notice there has been a change.  That the people of God who can pray will pray for the land and also for it’s people.  So that hearts are stirred, broken, soften and desiring to know the truth and be set free so they might hear and come to know their Savior, Jesus Christ.  So that when God presses PLAY and business picks up where it left off… ALL WILL BE READY.

No, I don’t believe we need to be concerned about Trump being president, he is indeed playing out his role in the hand of God and like Saul; the people have chosen their king and will get what they asked for. The only word that seems relevant to me at this time is this…“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Rom.8:28. 

So, while we are on “PAUSE” for the next four years, I encourage you to pray and get with God’s agenda because like it or not, the season has CHANGED and what will be… will eventually be and you can live significant or insignificant, aware or unaware, dancing in the ballet or just watching it.  In any case, the election is OVER…THE GAME IS ON!