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Reflections on Election Morning

This morning, I woke up with a heavy heart as I considered the results of last night’s election. I’ve spent much of the morning praying, thinking about the condition of our nation, and returning to the Scriptures.

My disappointment isn’t simply about political parties or who won and who lost. My concern is much deeper than that. As Christians, we are called to examine what we value, what we approve of, and what we place our hope in. We ought to be asking whether our convictions are being shaped by the Word of God or by the desires of our flesh, our pursuit of comfort, our love of money, and the things this world promises us.

And that examination must begin with ourselves.

Paul writes in Romans 1:16–17:

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’”

Paul continues in Romans 1:18–32 by describing humanity’s rejection of God. Although God has made Himself known through creation, sinful humanity has exchanged the truth about God for a lie, worshiping and serving the creature rather than the Creator.

What a sobering description of the human heart.

We are so prone to elevate created things into places of ultimate importance. Power, prosperity, security, comfort, approval, and even our political convictions can become idols when we allow them to occupy the place that belongs to God alone.

But Romans doesn’t leave us merely examining the sins of the world around us. Paul goes on to establish that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). None of us stands righteous before God on our own merit. Yet Romans 3:24 reminds us that sinners can be justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

That is the gospel. And that is where our hope must remain.

Something else has been on my heart this morning as I think about the women I’ve been teaching and the passages of Scripture we’ve been studying together.

When Paul writes, “The righteous shall live by faith,” he is quoting Habakkuk 2:4.

Habakkuk was a prophet who looked around at the wickedness, injustice, and violence of his own day and cried out to the Lord. He struggled to understand what God was doing and why He seemed to allow evil to continue.

Doesn’t that sound familiar?

But what I find so beautiful about Habakkuk is that he doesn’t abandon the Lord in his confusion. Instead, he positions himself to watch and wait.

“I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me.”
— Habakkuk 2:1

In the ancient world, watchmen stood upon city walls, looking for approaching danger or messengers. Habakkuk uses this imagery to describe his posture before God. He doesn’t have all the answers, but he is determined to wait upon the Lord.

And God’s answer includes this remarkable declaration:

“But the righteous shall live by his faith.”
— Habakkuk 2:4

Faith does not mean having every answer. It does not require circumstances to change before we trust God. It means trusting His character, His promises, and His purposes even when the outcome is not yet visible.

By the end of Habakkuk’s book, his circumstances have not suddenly become easy. Yet he declares that even if the fig tree should not blossom, the fields yield no food, and the flocks disappear, he will rejoice in the Lord and take joy in the God of his salvation (Habakkuk 3:17–19).

What a beautiful picture of faith in the in-between.

This is what I want to remember this morning.

My joy cannot depend upon election results, political leadership, financial security, or the direction of our culture. If it does, my peace will always be as unstable as my circumstances.

But Christ is not unstable. His throne is not threatened. His promises have not changed, and His return is certain.

So yes, I am grieved. I am praying for repentance, for revival, and for hearts to turn back to the living God. I am praying that the Church would be faithful to His Word, unwilling to exchange truth for comfort or compromise for acceptance.

But I am also reminded that our calling has not changed.

We are still called to proclaim the gospel, love our neighbors, pursue righteousness, speak truth, repent of our own sins, and live by faith.

Our hope was never supposed to rest in the outcome of an election. It rests in the risen and returning Christ.

So my prayer today echoes the words of King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20:12:

“We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

Lord, may our eyes remain fixed upon You. Bring us to repentance. Revive Your Church. Teach us to be faithful in the waiting, steadfast in truth, and joyful in Your salvation.

For the righteous shall live by faith.

The Meek Momma

There is a warning here for us.

We are living in an age where women can spend hours scrolling, listening, watching, speculating, gossiping, following personalities, chasing conspiracy theories, consuming controversy, and endlessly learning about everything—while becoming increasingly unfamiliar with the Word of God.

We can have access to more information than any generation before us and yet be increasingly starved of truth.

Paul warns Timothy:

“For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.”
— 2 Timothy 3:6–7

Notice that Paul doesn’t merely warn about false information.

He warns about captivation.

There are voices that want access to your attention.
There are voices that want access to your home.
There are voices that want access to your children.
There are voices that want access to your emotions.
And there are voices that will gladly keep you angry, afraid, suspicious, entertained, and distracted because a distracted Christian is easier to influence.

And Christian women, we need to be careful.

Not everything that calls itself “discernment” is discernment.

Not every secret explanation is truth.

Not every viral video deserves our attention.

Not every accusation deserves our agreement.

Not every Christian influencer deserves our trust.

Not every “dream,” “revelation,” or personal experience carries biblical authority.

And not every hour we spend consuming information is an hour well spent.

Jude gives us another sobering picture. He warns about people who reject authority, follow their own ungodly desires, boast about what they do not understand, and infiltrate the people of God. They are compared to hidden reefs—dangerous beneath the surface.

That is what makes this so serious.

Some dangers do not look dangerous at first.

They look like entertainment.

They look like “just keeping up.”

They look like being informed.

They look like exposing evil.

They look like having discernment.

They look like Christian content.

But if something continually produces fear, suspicion, outrage, gossip, arrogance, obsession, division, or contempt—and continually pulls you away from Scripture, prayer, your responsibilities, and loving Christ and His people—we should have enough discernment to step away.

Christian women, we need to be in the Word.

Not merely hearing what someone says the Bible says.

Not merely listening to sermons while scrolling through everything else.

Not merely collecting Bible studies.

We need to know the Word ourselves.

We need sound doctrine.

We need prayer.

We need self-control.

We need holy lives.

We need to learn how to recognize a counterfeit because we know what is true.

And husbands, fathers, pastors, and spiritual leaders—pay attention.

Pay attention to what is entering your home.

Pay attention to what voices are discipling your family.

Pay attention to what is filling the ears and hearts of those entrusted to your care.

This isn’t about controlling women.

It is about shepherding a household.

We should all be asking:

What is discipling me?

What am I consuming every day?

What occupies my thoughts?

What am I constantly talking about?

What am I teaching my children to care about?

Am I becoming more like Christ—or simply more informed about the things of this world?

Paul says that in the last days there will be people who are lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.

And then he tells Timothy what to do.

Stay faithful.

Jude tells us:

“But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.”
— Jude 20–21

There is our answer.

Grow strong in sound doctrine.
Preserve in prayer.
Keep yourselves in the love of God.
Wait for the coming of Christ.

We do not need to know every conspiracy.

We do not need to follow every controversy.

We do not need to have an opinion about everything.

We need to know Christ.

We need to know His Word.

We need to guard our homes.

We need to guard our hearts.

We need to live holy lives.

And we need to remember that our King is coming.

So, sister—

Put the phone down. Open the Word. Pray. Test what you hear. Guard your heart. Love your family. Walk in holiness. And keep your eyes on Christ.

Because the goal isn’t to be the woman who knows everything happening in the world.

The goal is to be the woman who knows the One who made it.

“To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”
— Jude 25

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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

“Always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.”— 2 Timothy 3:7