Don't vote for Trump! Don't vote for Hillary! I won't vote for anyone, this country is DOOMED! It is really hard to have respect for someone whom you do not respect or trust, this is the case in many every day situations. Many employees do not have respect for their employers, sometimes people do not care for their leaders, etc. What if God played a part in putting them where they were?
I just had a Bible study on Romans 13. This chapter is all about respect for authority and the people who are in power above us.
It says in verse 2 that if we rebel against authority, then we are really rebelling against God. We cannot love God and hate our leader, it would be an oxymoron because God has commanded us to love our neighbor, and love those in charge (not in a weird way).
In the Bible, David had to be under King Saul (who tried to kill him) until Saul died. He respected Saul and did not kill him even though others told him to. In the New Testament, Jesus could have easily killed Pilot or Caesar, but he did not and went willingly to the cross. There are so many other examples of leaders that were not so great but people followed them anyway because God had placed them in high places, either to be taught a lesson or to make something happen.
Let's put it this way, do you think that God loves Trump? Hillary? Obama? Do you think that he created them to do great works which he prepared before hand (Ephesians 2:10)? Do you think that he is putting them (or put them) in places such as these so that he can teach us through them?
All of these answers are:
Absolutely. He loves the people in those leadership positions just like he loves us. He definitely created them and he wants to teach us lessons in the process.
How can we know who is good for us? How can we know what will become of their presidentship? IT DOESN'T MATTER! Our first job is to worship and obey God. That's it. He is our ruler, he is the only king, and we should not worry about what is going on in the world, we should worry about if we are pleasing the one true ruler.
Keep in mind that the rulers of today do not own us. God is in control, all the time, and he knows how these leaders will impact our lives.
Romans 13:7 says, "Give to them what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. The people in authority have worked hard to get to the places that they are, we owe them some honor and respect.
The bottom line is that God is in control, he is the ruler and he knows what we, as a nation, shall learn from the next ruler. We cannot vote for God, but we can give God the respect and honor.
