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Deuteronomy 10:16-18
Remember your agreement with the LORD and stop being so stubborn. The LORD your God is more powerful than all other gods and lords, and his tremendous power is to be feared. His decisions are always fair, and you cannot bribe him to change his mind. The LORD defends the rights of orphans and widows. He cares for foreigners and gives them food and clothing.

Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991,1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.

In our country, we elect politicians to office, and they promise to do all sorts of things for us as their constituents. But then lobbyists start working on them to support this project or that cause… and other outside influences come into play… and sadly, some are swayed by bribes and big talk… and our best interests are not served after all. Not all politicians are easily influenced, but it happens enough that we have to ask ourselves what is really going on! Didn’t they say they cared about us? Didn’t they choose to go into public office and work on our behalf?

Thankfully, God is not a politician! He chose us to be His children… and He always has our best interests at heart. God cannot be bribed… and even when we feel His decisions are not fair… they truly are. We just don’t understand the big picture… we can’t see what God sees or know all that He knows.

So we must trust that God is always working on our behalf. And we have plenty of proof of this. All we have to do is look around us. God has been taking care of His children for centuries. He is on the clock, meeting our needs every second of the day. And all He asks in return is that we love Him and trust Him… to respect His power and stop being so stubborn. We must stop being “Burger King Christians” and demanding to “have it our way.” Simply put, we are not GOD, and we do not know what is best.

Verses 14-15 of this chapter of Deuteronomy tell us to look around – everything we see belongs to God… and He chose US to be His precious children. Hasn’t His “record” proven that we can trust Him? Isn’t it time we did just that?

©2011 Debbie Robus