The presidential election of 2016 will be my first election, and November is coming too fast. And all around the country, thousands of college students just like me are thinking, Of course this would happen in our first election.

Everyone I've come into contact with is greatly displeased with the candidates we have been given. Either one is sufficient reason to pack up and move to Canada. Yet, if you watched either of the National Conventions, you would find that there are many people who seem to think that either Hillary or Donald will take this nation from the economic mire, satisfy the social justice warriors and kiss babies with genuine affection. Both groups of voters have something in common: their certainty that this election will make or break the United States.

Talking about politics has always distressed me. It's a little scary to me that one person is the international face of a nation of about 324 million people. Their name is our name, and the repercussions of their trippings-up and mistakes hit us full force like tidal waves. They make the calls, but we have to live with the consequences of those decisions. But it is for this very reason that it's good and important to talk about politics. We want to make the best and most educated choice that we can and do everything in our power to ensure that we and our children will have good, meaningful, happy lives. But as both a Christian and a voter, I can see that this election has taken the eyes of many Christians off of the sovereignty of God and glued them to the outcomes of human planning.

Living in these turbulent times is like trying to stand in the midst of a raging river. The water is cold and dark, rushing into your mouth and eyes and ears. It's choking and overwhelming, and just when you think that relief is coming, the river sweeps over you with an even greater vengeance. If this person can just get to me, you think, they can pull me out of here. This policy can fix this problem once and for all. This candidate can make us safe and happy again. There is no Democrat, no Republican, no conservative, no liberal, no socialist, no libertarian, no third-party candidate and no other politician who can fix all of our messes. There is no person who can fix all our messes, because they have messes of their own to handle. We are too much for ourselves. That candidate you think will pull us out of the river that we're in? He or she is standing in the river right next to you, trying to get himself or herself out.

Ultimately, Jesus is the one who will save us. He knows the outcome of this election. He knows where we'll be in four years, 10 years, a millennium. He is the only one who can save us from these turbulent days. He is the one who is in control. And Christians, we must remember that we are already saved. We have to live in that truth. There is nothing that anyone can do to take our salvation away from us.

This is not to say that Christians need to pull out of politics or that Christians do not need to think long and hard about who they will support in this election. It is simply a reminder that, whatever happens, whoever parks himself or herself in the Oval Office for the next four years, true sovereignty has never rested with the earthly commander-in-chief. No matter how turbulent these days get, remember the source of our salvation. There is no candidate who can save us. No government. No person. Just Jesus. And because of that, no matter what happens, there is no need to fear.