To: Anonymous...

My question "Is Obama God's elected leader" was exactly that, a question that each of us will likey have to consider and work through for ourselves. For me, I see a man who stands against many traditional Christian values and clear biblical principles such as abortion and gay marriage to name the more clearly anti-biblical values. He also holds to the values of those that represent the mainstream of the secular humanists, or as they prefer to be called the "secular progressives". Call it what you want, but it is cearly a worldview inconsistent with a biblical worldview and they have a proven track record of asking God to "leave us alone" (or just leave... period).

Obama's record is one of the most liberal of all in the U.S. Congress on the issue of abortion, and specifically on partal birth abortion where he has consistently been on record and has voted for the most liberal stance. So, is it not reasonable to ask if Barack is God's chosen leader, or is it the people's choice that God has allowed? For many of us, this issue is a defining issue. Such is the question about bad kings that the Israelites chose when God clearly thought kings were a bad idea in the first place.

Once again, this goes to the heart of God's sovereignty and God's perfect will... which is the point of my blog. God allows evil, but is not the creator of evil. God has given mankind a free will and yet He remains sovereignly in control. Such is the nature of God... full of apparent contradictions from man's perspective, that of course we know are not contradictions at all.

In terms of asking for God's mercy, I  think we have every right to ask for God to be merciful on the rest of us who stand against such perverted values but are under the same government authority in support of such values. As stated, and not in contradiction, I trust God fully to execute His will upon the earth regardless of who we choose to be our leaders.

Hope that helps

Dave