"Beyond Being Able"

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] "The king shall joy in Thy strength, O LORD; and in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!" (Psalms 21:1) Whereas the previous Psalm was one that was constructed as a prayer, and was meant to be prayed in earnest for the king's victory; this Psalm is set as a prayer of praise, as in giving praise unto God for what He is going to do, what He is doing now, and for what He has already done! I am troubled deeply by the number of people who say that they are believers in Jesus Christ, yet give the victory of Tuesday's vote onto the enemy, as if the devil, as a roaring lion is tearing apart every fabric of what is left of moral character in this nation. We should know already how it is going to end; and that in the end, the devil and all those who follow him will be cast forever into the Lake of Fire; yet sadly, either we do not believe that this is so, or we do not associate that which shall be with that which is happening; either way, we give more victory to the devil than he deserves. The word in this Psalm that is used for "strength" is the word 'oz', which I have spoken about before in previous postings. It is a word that encompasses power and might in every possible arena that we should need to be concerned about, or that effects our ability to function; be it material or physical, personal or social, or even political; every aspect of this life is subject to the power of God, and He has the power to effect change in every single one! Do we truly understand that and believe that it is so? Hearing the complaints being given of the results of Tuesday's election, I don't know that we have really made this a foundational truth in our life, or the compass for the manner in which we conduct ourselves. God is more than able to change the heart of any man; there is no single person on this earth that He cannot turn from the darkest of all men, and make him into the greatest messenger of deliverance that this world has ever seen; but do we believe this is so? and are we willing to earnestly ask for God's salvation to be poured out upon this earth? Personally, I have my reservations regarding what many in the church what to see happen, and if all of us are comfortable with the thought of change being forced upon our selfish lives; because that is what will happen when revival is spread out upon this earth; our lives of serving self more than others will be tested, and many of us will need to consider hard whom we will serve, and whether or not we are really a child of the King, or if we are indeed a child of the devil... "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more that lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth." (2 Timothy 3:1-7)