Prayer is the Answer - New Evangelizers

 We urge you brother’s admonish the idle, cheer the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all. See that no one returns to evil for evil, rather, always seek what is good both for each other and for all. Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophetic utterances. Test everything: retain what is good. Refrain from every kind of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5: 14-22)

The election was last week and as I sat at my desk the morning after I didn’t know how to feel about the results. So many things were wrong with the way the eighteen months of campaigning had gone. So many things that were said and done were appalling to me. As much as I said I was voting the issues and not the party or the candidate, I still struggled right up until I pushed the button.  Even now I still wonder if I did the right thing. The actions of both major candidates disgusted me from the very beginning and my heart broke a little more each time one of the other more reasonable candidates stepped down.

I spent the days before the election praying and even a day of fasting, hoping in spite of secular opinion that we would see God’s movement. I believe that is what happened as we watched people in this country make themselves heard.

But on the day following the election another spirit swept through the country. Evil seemed to take possession of the people who supported the losing candidate. Social media was rife with vitriol and people rioted in the streets and threatened assassination.

While all of this was occurring, my family and I’m sure many others across the country, were having our own personal crisis’s, where the results of the election made no difference. Life moved on and places that we would turn to for a cute puppy picture, a cyber-hug from a friend or a suggestion for the next great book or article to read, had turned into a vicious, backstabbing place the only pulled us deeper into the pit of despair.

So what do we do, how do we come to terms with the bitter taste in our mouths and permeating the world around us? How do we get on with life?

We continue as we started; we Pray. And then trust God to answer, trust that God will deliver the right answer, even if it is not what we want, it is ultimately what God knows is best.

Now that we have seen His answer to our prayers, we must act, follow God’s lead, and trust that God knows what He’s doing. God is my king. Presidents, leaders, come and go, but God remains.

God’s people have work to do. Only with continued prayer,  continued love for those who disagree with us, who persecute us, only if by being the people we are called to be can the bitter taste be washed away. Only when we act like Jesus will the feelings of despair be swept away in the flood of God’s mercy.

So don’t stop praying, instead, continue to pray for the Holy Spirit to move in our hearts.

© Christina Weigand

Christina Weigand

Christina Weigand’s a writer, wife, and mother of four. She is also Nana to three granddaughters. She lives with her husband and youngest daughter in Cranberry Twp. Pennsylvania, returning there after a short sabbatical in Washington. Currently, she’s working on fantasy novels and inspirational writing. Through her writing, she strives to share the Word of God and help people young and old to realize the love and mercy He has for everyone. When she’s not writing, she’s active in her local Church as a lector, Bible Study, volunteering at her daughter’s school helping the children develop a love for reading and writing. Jesus fills her home with love as she shares Him through her writing.