[God] works out everything in
conformity with the purpose of his will.
—Ephesians 1:11
Candidates win elections, take office, preen, and flaunt their power—but only briefly. Sooner than they expect, they lose an election and are swept out of office. As J.B. Phillips advised, “Remember that the powers-that-be will soon be the powers-that-were.”
“God brings down rulers and turns them into nothing. They are like flowers freshly sprung up and starting to grow. But when God blows on them, they wilt and are carried off like straw in a storm” (Is 40:23–24).
A gloom-and-doom attitude in kingdom people is unbecoming and off-base. We are citizens of the only kingdom that doesn’t have an end date. “Since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful” (Heb 12:28).
Kingdom citizens make only one move—from kingdom here to kingdom there. That leaves no room for gloom.
Cheer up! God is in control.