Today is “Election Day” – the day that most US citizens cast their vote (this year, for the highest office in the country).  For some people, it’s a huge deal: they revel in the thought that the fate of the nation rests in the votes of the people!  For others, it’s not so weighty, but it’s great that Starbucks is giving free coffee and Krispy Kreme free doughnuts to voters.  For some of us, it’s really a stress-free day, since we voted absentee two weeks ago!  But all in all, there are very few Americans who will not be immediately affected by tomorrow’s elections.

For the Lord’s people, tomorrow is an opportunity to exercise the freedom we have in America, to be in particularly fervent prayer for our country and her leaders and to glorify God with their votes.  But which election is the most important?  It’s not the election of local or state officials, not the votes cast for congressmen, not even the choice of president (or v.p., in the perspective of some)!  I propose that we glorify God tomorrow (and every day!) by meditating on our election!  Here are some Scriptures for reflection, prayer and gratitude:

• Romans 8:28-33 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.  And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.  What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?  Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
• Ephesians 1:3-12 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.  In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.  In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.