Plucking the Eagle's Wings

Plucking the Eagle's Wings

happens because all professing Christians and observant Jews in America do not fast and pray to seek the will of God for our elections. If they would, then together they would vote with one voice for the best leaders for the nation, and we would see a landslide vote in favor of God's choice. Yet, because the political parties are so far apart in policy and ideology, typically each candidate will get about thirty percent of the more ideological voters on each side, leaving the remaining forty percent of the population to determine the final outcome. The Bible makes it clear that people can miss God's will through voting, and the Lord will give the people what they demand even if it is not best for them. The will of God was clear when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt into the desert. They were on their way to the land that God promised them and it was to be theirs simply by entering and possessing it. Yet Moses, acting on his own, sent twelve spies ahead into the land to survey it. Upon their return, they were to vote on whether it was safe and desirable to enter. Only two men, Joshua and Caleb, believed that God would help Israel take the land, while ten men said, "There are walled cities and giants in the land. We cannot take it" (Numbers 13). Thus, ten men who voted out of fear hindered three million people from entering into God's best. Another example is that of King Saul. From the time of Adam until the time of Saul, Israel was a theocracy. Judges were appointed by God and physically anointed with oil by the prophets. Yet, Israel observed that other nations had kings ruling over them. Under the prophet Samuel, the Hebrews demanded that they have a king to rule over Israel (1 Samuel 8:5). They rejected God as their King and sought to replace His authority with the authority of a man. The Lord warned Israel that this would bring them under the control of a man-made government, and that the people would cry out because of the king they selected. The Lord warned, "When you cry I will ignore you" (1 Samuel 8:18). The prophet Samuel selected Saul from the tribe of Benjamin to be Israel's first King (1 Samuel chapter 9). Saul's humble beginnings turned into pride, and pride became his downfall. Saul's arrogance and jealousy caused him to want to look good in the eyes of the people (1 Samuel 15:30). You might say that he was definitely concerned about the opinion polls. Eventually, the entire nation suffered because the will of men overrode the will of God. I have said, "God will give people what they 236