God’s Choice: President Barack Obama!

God had His hand in this election since the beginning. Who was this Barack Obama we all asked? We did not know much about him and to be honest, we did not think he would make it this far. The 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee, John Kerry invited Senator Obama to speak at the Democratic National Convention. He was poised, intelligent, and sharp and he made a connection to the people of America. This was a portrait of an African-American that we had not seen on a national scale.

God put it in his heart to seek the highest office in the land and he listened. He launched his campaign and what a campaign. We can see that God was in his campaign. God cleared the path. He had to get past the general elections. He then had to go head to head with Hillary Clinton and we won. He was connecting with people of all races, backgrounds, and ages. He survived the right wing media and the independent media by staying focused and poised. He did not sweat the small stuff at all. Jesus was the same way, He did not get frazzled when people through stones at him.

God is not limited to a political party. As I have said in my book for the past two years, Pray Before You Vote! Jesus Is Not a Democrat or a Republican! Jesus Is Lord, God is no respecter of a person and He can use a Democrat or a Republican! Today, and for the next four years, He will use a Democrat who is saved and has the heart of Jesus. Yes, he has accepted Jesus as his personal savior, even though some Christians are questioning that. See my post on Obama’s Faith. I know many of us want to limit Jesus to issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage only, but we also know that Jesus cared about His people.

If we are who we say we are in Christendom, we will not instill fear in the people of God, but we will stand and pray for the nation and our next President. Just as we were patient with President Bush as he “walked out his salvation”, we need the same type of prayer and patience for President Obama. Racial walls have just been torn down. Jesus reached out to the Jews and the Gentiles. For years we have turned our backs on nations and different groups of people. God wants us to reach them with the message of Jesus Christ as well. Many countries looked down on America because of the blemish of slavery. That blemish has been wiped a way!

For years, we have limited God to the Republican Party. We have made God a right-winger! Well, I believe we can find the characteristics in both parties as I state in my book. For the last eight years, we have focused on moral issues. I honor President Bush for standing firm and making those decisions that are foundational to our country. I thank God for President Bush and his leadership even though outside factors made it seem as if he was totally responsible. He was not. He had the most diverse cabinet in the history of the United States. He embraced diversity. I admire him for that. He stayed strong when everyone bailed out on him. Senator McCain ran a good race, but he missed out on the Christian vote because he did not talk about Christ a lot. He disconnected himself from President Bush just as Al Gore disconnected himself from President Clinton. God used President Bush for a season and pray that he and his family will continue to be blessed and allow God use them even after they leave the oval office.

Now the arms are changing. God wants us to get back to the basics and focus on the love of Jesus Christ. We have misrepresented Jesus and God has started judgment in his house. Ministries are falling left and right because we have neglected the message of Jesus Christ. We do not even love each other!

I believe we need to still educate the unsaved on the word of God by evangelizing the gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe that in our evangelism efforts, we have lost the love message. The Bible says that Jesus is love! Jesus preached about love more than anything else. When the Pharisees brought the woman caught in adultery to Jesus, He did not say, send her to Hell. Instead He said, let him who is without sin cast the first stone. He told her to go and sin no more. We need to tell those who are involved in homosexuality, adultery, fornication, and those who have had abortions, to go and sin no more. The woman who was caught in adultery turned her heart to Jesus because he did not condemn her but He showed her love! What a testimony! What a way to win souls!

When the Pharisees bragged about tithing, Jesus said you hypocrites, you give your tithes, but you are neglecting the more important things of the law such as justice, mercy and faithfulness. He said these things you ought to have done without leaving the others undone! (Matthew 23)

Why would Jesus continuously point out the hypocrisy in the Pharisees when the Pharisees “thought” they were doing the right things? He called them a generation of vipers! This is because they had adopted a religious spirit.

While I believe that our hearts are in the right place and we want to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and we desire that all souls be saved, and I certainly do, we have to be careful not to loose the message of love that Jesus preached! He said that He would draw all men unto Him. How will He do this? He will do it with love. I am saved today because someone showed me love. I am not saved because I was beat over the head about my sins, but because someone showed me the love of Christ. We have run people off from the church and we have A.W.O.L. saints who have left because we did not show the love of Christ. (I’m writing a book on this now!) We have lost the love message and we have replaced it with laws. Jesus said we are putting a yoke on them that we cannot even handle.

This love transformed my heart, healed me and gave me the desire to share the love of Christ with others. I can win more souls for Christ with honey than a lemon! I declare to walk in love with the unsaved and win more souls. Barack Obama won with a message of hope and a heart of love. Yes, we need to pray against abortion, same-sex marriage, homosexuality and lesbianism, but let us use God’s way to witness to those who are lost so that their souls are saved. Let us stop turning people against the gospel of Jesus Christ.

My charge to Christians is to get back to the basics. Come out of the churches, the big mansions, get off the private jets, from behind the 501c3s, from the behind your empires, from behind the laws, and come out to meet God’s people. They are hungry for an answer. Right now, they are finding hope in our new President. God has allowed him to progress up to this point. God removed all barriers for him to get here. Sure we can say, Christians did not get out and vote. Actually many Christians got out and voted and the economy was not the number one issue. The love of Christ was the number one issue! Hope won this election. Let us get back to love!

Let us pray for President Obama as we prayed for President Bush. Let us pray that God will strengthen him in his decision-making. Let us pray for the safety of his family. Let us pray that God will give him the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Samson, the fearlessness of David, the love of Jesus, the leadership of Abraham. Let us pray for Michelle that she will be the Proverbs 31 woman and the girls will be blessed and protected. Do you still believe in prayer? God said that He can turn the heart of King. For those areas that you feel that President Obama needs growth in, pray and watch God move. Remember Senator Obama has professed Christ as his personal savior. Let us not run him away by bashing and not walking in love. Remember we all had to be transformed and are still being transformed through Christ Jesus. Right wing preachers reach out to him and pray. He is your President too!

God is using a Democrat! Check your hearts and watch what you say. Make sure you are not dealing with racism and jealousy. Speak blessings and not cursing on this family and this nation. God is not limited to a party; he will use whomever He wants. Do not instill fear in the people. Remember hope won this election. Jesus is our hope, not President Obama. He just used Senator Obama to revive the message of hope!

Welcome President Obama and family! Let God use you. We will be praying for God to surround you with the right people and that you will seek God daily for wisdom, guidance and understanding. We pray that you will lead the nation with the wisdom of God. We pray that we will give you room to grow and stumble. Just keep moving towards God.

God bless the Obama family and God bless America!

If you are truly serious about praying, please visit the new site, Pray After You Vote! www.prayafteryouvote.org. Pray Before You Vote will still be available, but now it is time to continue praying President Bush as he exits and pray for Pray President Obama as he enters. Let us pray for the nation!

Freya S. Williams
Author of Pray Before You Vote! Jesus Is Not a Democrat or a Republican! Jesus Is Lord!
http://praybeforeyouvote.blogspot.com