The reason why we find ourselves often in a lesser-of-two-evil election is because we think like 1 Samuel 8 Israelites way too often. We end up in a kind of Judas-esque situation trying to back a different horse at the last minute because what we thought we had is not what we actually wanted. Lots of finger-pointing and intercine battles commence and all is lost. We would be wise to consider, and ask, what the Lord wants before we start making decisions about what we want. Seems like that is a lesson we should have learned many times over at this point, yet here we are. 

Well, we are one week away from the big day, well at least here in America. I’ve read many books and articles about how the form of government we are blessed with here in the States can be found in the pages of the Holy Bible, and there is a sense in which that is true. Moses’ father-in-law Jethro could be described as the proto-Thomas Jefferson entering representative republicanism into the annals of Jewish history. Having one person stand-in for tens, hundreds, even thousands is a good way to get everyone’s opinion without having to hear from everyone.

For today’s prayer and worship help we are going to be taking a brief look as to whether or not an actual case can be made, and whether that actually matters. I say that because there are a lot of people who think it is daft to try and find political ideas in a religious text. They’ll say that God’s word is only for God’s people and we spoil it’s preciousness when we cast pearls before swine. It might be true that when you read me say that you think it means liberals. But actually there are rock-ribbed Reformed guys who would make that argument. However, we in the world where the earth contains the full testimony of Jesus Christ believe that not only can the Bible handle being used for the purpose of establishing its proper place in figuring out how to live in 2024 bizarro land, it actually does a better job than any of the Deists looking in the darkness and getting lucky.

The first place to go that we haven’t already tread is 2 Samuel 2. After the death of Saul at the hand of the Philistines the people of God were in need of a new king. Wait a minute? Didn’t I say we were going to talk about republican government? What’s this king business? Well, give me a second. Take a look at how the king comes to be king and then show me the error. Of course, a man in a filth field once told Arthur, King of the Britons, that you don’t vote for kings, and there is truth to that, but notice what happens in 2 Sam. 2:4-7:

Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.” So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “You are blessed of the Lord, for you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him.

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