God Watches Over Us

Romans 3:5Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. 6This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. 7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

Things seem very different than they did a year ago.  We have a new president in the United States and we still see a very uncertain economy in our future.  Because Lutheran Hour Ministries is funded fully by the dedicated contributions of others, we too see the uncertainty of the current economic situations.  Only God knows the future, and only God knows how our economy will be and what our new president will be doing in a year. 

We have chapel every Thursday at our office in St. Louis and today's speaker was Rev. Doug Nicely.  He spoke about the current optimism of our country regarding a new president.  His frankness towards how much a symbol of change and hope our new is for our nation.  The point is that even President Obama answers to a higher authority.  We can get caught up in politics or the stock market, but true hope comes from God alone.  God transcends the issues of the day and what seems like huge dilemmas to man don't give man even the slightest worry.