Donald Trump is the devil. If he gets elected, we will all be ruined.
Hillary Clinton is the devil. If she gets elected, we will all be ruined.
So whoever you vote for this election season, you need to make sure you vote so as to make sure the other guy (or gal) doesn't get elected, because their election would be apocalyptic in nature, and a complete disaster for this country!
Or so the rhetoric goes...
I don't know about you, but I am rather tired of this rhetoric. I'm only 34 years old, but it seems like I've heard this argument every election cycle since as far back as I can remember. This argument is getting really old. And the longer I live, the more silly I find it to be. How so many people continue to fall for this nonsense is beyond me.
Here are 3 reasons why I'm not afraid of whoever gets elected:
1. Jesus Christ is Large and in Charge
First and foremost of all, as a person of faith, I believe Jesus Christ to be the Lord of heaven and earth. And no matter how bad things get in this world, I believe that He is ultimately in control. Yes, things can get very bad. Hitler styled dictators do rise to power. But at the end of the day, Jesus Christ is still Lord, and He's greater than Adolf Hitler, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton.
No matter who gets elected, I will continue to confess Psalm 23 over my life. The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He makes me to lie beside the still waters. He restores my soul, and leads me along the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Though I walk through they valley of the shadow of death, I shall not fear, for His rod and His staff, they comfort me. He prepares for me a table in the presence of my enemies. He anoints my head with oil, and my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
When I look at the world with the eyes of faith and see Jesus is large and in charge, I realize that God's ultimately got my back, no matter who gets elected. Jesus Christ impacts my daily life more than any elected official ever will. He leads me and guides me. Wherever I am, the pasture is always green. I refuse to live in fear, so much so I could even have dinner with my mortal enemies and still be at peace. My cup runs over, no matter who gets elected.
2. The Constitution Severely Limits the President
Secondly, we have a great system of government in the United States, and we often forget that. We have a very powerful system of checks and balances that severely limits the President from doing all that much. In the wisdom of our founding fathers, when they setup our form of government, they ultimately set up a form of government that operates as if it were in a perpetual traffic jam. And they did such knowing that there would be nut jobs like Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton who could possibly get elected and possibly do a lot of damaging things. So they severely limited their powers, making it very hard for any elected official to do very much.
As a result, history has shown that no matter what goofball we've managed to elect, by in large, most presidents accomplish only incremental changes and don't do a lot. They don't do a lot that is great, nor do they do a lot that is bad. And even the most radical of political ideologues that get elected are generally forced to govern somewhere more in the middle of the political spectrum. Of the 43 elected presidents our country has had, only a handful have managed to make a major and noticeable impact on our country. The few that have managed to do such, you could easily name.
And we have the founding fathers and the U.S. Constitution to thank for that. Very few of us could point to anything significant that has happened in our lives and directly connect it to the actions taken by the presidency. And even if you could, such events would be few and far in between. So, even if we elect a devil to the executive branch of our government, they wouldn't be able to do very much to damage our country. Likewise, we could elect the archangel of heaven into office, and they would find themselves limited in the amount of good they could accomplish. And why? Checks and balances highly limit what presidents can do.
3. The Reality: Life is Pretty Good.
My life is pretty good, and I'm guessing yours is pretty good too.
My wife and I have decent jobs. We aren't rich, but we live comfortably and securely. We enjoy some creature comforts. We can afford to give to those in need. So far as I know, my rights aren't actively being violated. I have food in the fridge, clothes on my back, and a roof over my head. I have a family that loves me. And while I may occasionally question my level of safety, like when somebody rang our door bell at 4 am on a Sunday morning recently, generally speaking, I don't have to give too much thought to being physically harmed on a daily basis. And while typing this blog, I am able to do so from a miraculous piece of technology that allows me to instantly communicate with just about anybody around the world in the blink of an eye.
So, relatively speaking, life is pretty good! And my life is pretty good, even though during my lifetime we've had a couple presidents that were anything but good. Yet in spite of electing a couple goofballs, a lot of amazing and wonderful things have happened, not only in my life, but the life of countless people across this country.
And my guess is that whether we elect Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the next election, my life is going to continue to be pretty good. Even the most powerful and reckless of presidents have very little ability to impact my daily life. The CEO's of Facebook and Apple impact your life more on a daily basis than president Obama has in the past 8 years, and they are likely to continue to do so, no matter who we elect in the next election.
Conclusion
Don't buy into the media hype, or the hype of friends and family who are worried to death about the outcome of this next election. Don't be terrified about the outcome of this next election. Chances are, whoever wins will make very little difference. In spite of what you might believe, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are not the devil. Yes, they are both deeply flawed candidates, and both appear to be complete slime balls. But their ability to make a major impact on your life or the life of anyone you know is very minimal. And that is the God's honest truth.
Let this truth sink into your heart instead of the shallow and mindless rhetoric that a lot of people are engaged in at this time of year. And be prepared to remind everyone that Jesus Christ is Lord, that presidents are very limited in what they can do because of our system of checks and balances, and that our lives are ultimately pretty good, no matter who we elect as the next president.
I'm not afraid of the outcome of this election, and neither should you be.
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