Would America Elect Moses?
by Pastor Matthew E. Walker, 31 October 2008

If the greatest human leader of all time were running for president he would probably poll somewhere above the unknown Prohibitionist Party candidate and below Bob Barr, the Libertarian’s choice. That leader was Moses. His accomplishments include reigning in a rabscrabble people, besting the superpower nation of his day, leading this hoard into the wilderness with few provisions, developing their legal and economic systems, enhancing their cultural awareness, creating the framework for their future society, and raising an army capable of destroying any other army on the face of the earth (including any army that exists today).

Yet with all of Moses’ accomplishments he faced a constant questioning of his leadership from the people, challenges to his leadership from his own brother and sister, and one coup attempt so serious that God had to directly intervene as two men led a rebellion against Moses both politically and spiritually. Putting this into our modern day context: the opposition campaign slogan might have been something like: “after eight years of Moses, who is in for another thirty-four?”

That leads me to wonder if it is ever possible for America to elect someone truly capable of being a great president. I rather doubt it. The news media continually remind me by publishing the myriad polls that while I have a right and responsibility to vote that there are millions of others who have a completely different value system who also have that right and plan to vote against righteousness any time they have opportunity. I can’t out-vote the godless.

How comforting it is then to remember that God appoints men to positions of power, not the people. King David knew this. He wrote in Psalm 75:6-7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another. God ordained Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt. He will ordain the next president of the United States too. That is what God does.

Unless something unprecedented happens, which would include the loss of both major party candidates, our next president will not be a Christian man. Neither of the two give any evidence of being a Bible-believing disciple of Jesus Christ. Yet the fact remains that God uses ungodly rulers to accomplish his purposes. Remember what Jesus said to Pilate just before being sentenced to be crucified. John 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above
. . . God’s power will not be lessened by the results of this election. He is still in control of everything.

Another pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has notoriously prayed for God to damn America. God may do that. I am glad to know however that if this nation is to fall away and the blessed years are behind us it will not happen because a man named John McCain lost or one an election. Instead, it will happen because it fits into the plan of God. Let us remember the words of David in a time of trouble and take comfort. 2 Samuel 24:14 And David said…I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.