David Moorman
November 13, 2016
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Whether you call yourself a “Christian” or simply a
Follower of Jesus, we have to remember that it does not matter to the God we serve
who is in the White House, or leader of any country. We have this promise from
Him that He is in control of everything and He will be with us.
"Certainly the nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; He takes up the coastlands as a very little thing. All nations before Him are as nothing, and they are counted by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. It is He who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants are as grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in. He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth meaningless. Scarcely shall they be planted; scarcely shall they be sown; scarcely shall their tree take root in the earth, when He will also blow on them, and they will wither, and the whirlwind will take them away as stubble" (Is. 40:15, 17; 22-24).
Terms like derision, laughter, "brings to nothing" and "as meaningless" make clear that God is not especially threatened by those who believe they can unseat His omnipotent and eternal rule. We should not be either.
Daniel 4:17 reminds us that "the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men." The Hebrew word translated as "lowliest" probably refers to persons of humble origin. In other words, God can raise up a shepherd boy like David, a backwoods workman like Abraham Lincoln, or the son of a ne'er-do-well Kenyan economist like Barack Obama to accomplish what He wants, whether they want Him to or not. God's people must never forget, and should always take great comfort, in that truth, even as they work actively for public policies pleasing to their Eternal King.
You see people GOD used President Barak Obama to bring about HIS will to HAVE ALL MEN AND WOMEN be CREATED EQUAL. God will continue to do HIS WILL. All we have to do as LGBTQ PEOPLE who LOVE the LORD JESUS is to continue to live according to His Word.
LGBTQ followers of Jesus Christ know all too well
how the governments of this earth will come against us and try to keep us in
chains of bondage. They try to oppress the LGBTQ Community by claiming they are
NOT WORTHY. We know that that is a LIE when the Word of God says,
“9 If you
declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and
are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are
saved.” Romans 10:9-10
We as LGBTQ People need to take this to heart. Jesus
LOVES US and wants us to BE A PART of HIS FAMILY. All we have to do is
acknowledge HIM. Yes we have to deal with the EVANGELICAL “CHRISTIANS” who act just
like the Pharisees. In John 12:42 we read that leader of
the day believed in Jesus but where scared to open their mouths because of the
fear of being rejected by the Church.
“Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.
But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for
fear they would be put out of the synagogue” John 12:42
Like those leaders we LGBTQ People NEED to RELEASE
our FEAR of being PUT OUT. We need to PROCLAIM that JESUS is LORD and HE will
Direct and EVEN STOP actions by the PRESIDENT and CONGRESS when they try to DO
HARM to US in the LGBTQ Community.
Let’s DECIDE today that WE WILL set the example of
what the Word of God has commissioned us to do. Let’s start by NOT Condemning
the NEW PRESIDENT, lets lift him up in PRAYER every day. Here is how we can accomplish that which is pleasing to the
Lord Jesus:
Romans 13:1-7
Submission to Governing Authorities
13 Let everyone be subject to the governing
authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.
The authorities that exist have been established by God.
2 Consequently, whoever
rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and
those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers
hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want
to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you
will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant
for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword
for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on
the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the
authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of
conscience.
6 This is also why you pay
taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to
governing. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe
taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor,
then honor.
1 Timothy 2:1-3New King James Version (NKJV)
Pray for All Men
2 Therefore
I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for
kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life
in all godliness and reverence. 3 For
this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
Will
you please rise up with ME and BE WARRIORS in PRAYER so we can see the HAND of
GOD continue to move in our GOVERNMENT to PROTECT our RIGHTS and FREEDOMS as
LGBTQ PEOPLE of GOD?!?
Here
are some things we can agree on in prayer and be more POWERFUL because we join
together:
The
apostle Peter wrote that believers are to "submit yourselves to every
human authority for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king, as supreme, or
to governors, as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and to praise
those who do right. ... Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God.
Honor the king" (1 Pet. 2:13-14, 17).
We
should pray for their health and safety. As recorded in Ezra 6:10, the pagan
king Darius asked God's faithful people in Jerusalem to pray for his life and
the lives of his sons.
We
should pray that they would execute justice. Honoring and protecting those who
live decently and productively and punishing those who do wrong are the
fundamental duties of the state (Rom. 13:3-4; 1 Pet. 2:14). We should ask the
Lord that those in authority would fulfill them well.
We
should pray that they would follow the Lord's ways and repent if they don't.
The horrific reign of Manasseh over Judah and his later repentance (2 Chron.
33:1-20) should remind Christians that for those in government leadership,
personal character and political actions are entwined. Yet Manasseh should also
remind us that even evil men, when they repent sincerely, can be used by God to
restore what they have ruined.
Pray
that they would govern with wisdom for the "welfare of the city"
(Jer. 29:7), not for personal gain or for the advantage of a favored few. Their
concern must be for the well-being of all.
That
God would accomplish His purposes through them regardless of their willingness
to be used by Him. Proverbs 21:1 tells us that "the king's heart is a
stream of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He will." We
can petition the Most High to work through even those who are resisting Him to
fulfill His purposes.
Thank
you for taking the time to read this post and I Pray you will JOIN me is
PRAYING EFFECTIVELY for the NEW PRESIDENT..
GOD
Bless you all and may the PEACE of God continue to be poured out on all flesh.
Read
more articles from Living
with HIV and other LGBTQ Issues,here.
David
Moorman
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