October 11, 2026
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With the U.S. mid-term elections rapidly approaching, many well-meaning citizens are concerned about the outcome, and what our country will be like afterward.
Some modern-day prophets are expecting a shaking of our nation – not a doomsday scenario, but a resetting in line with the will of God. We need to decide whether or not we are a Christian nation. Do we believe in the Word of God? Or do we want to be one of many nations who rebel against the rule and sovereignty of Jesus Christ? These are important questions for our national consciousness.
I find it interesting that the great prophet Isaiah was asking the same questions of Judah and Jerusalem several centuries before Jesus was born. The people of Israel had taken the promised land, but the northern kingdom (10 tribes) fell to Assyria in 722 B.C. And Assyria had its eye on the southern kingdom of Judah and Jerusalem as well, so Isaiah was called by the Lord to warn the people.
Let’s look at some of the text of Isaiah from the New King James Version. I think we can learn some lessons that are applicable to our situation today.
Isaiah 30:
1 ¶ “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin;
2 Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation. (NKJV)
Trusting in Pharaoh and Egypt is the equivalent of trusting our government for our welfare and security. Egypt was an established nation with powerful, albeit ungodly leadership, while Israel was suffering the consequences of poor leadership from certain kings that refused to align with the will of God. Going back to Egypt signified turning away from the Lord and His ways.
Isaiah continued with this warning in Chapter 31.
Isaiah 31:
1 ¶ Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD!
2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together.
If we look to and trust our government for help, instead of looking to the Holy One of Israel, then both he who helps, and he who is helped will fall and perish together. As Christian voters, we exercise our right to vote while trusting only the Lord with the outcome of our great nation.
In Isaiah 36, the king of Assyria tried to intimidate the people of God and convince them not to trust God, as their own King Hezekiah was advising them.
Isaiah 36:
14 “Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;
15 ‘nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, “The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”‘
16 “Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;
17 ‘until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18 ‘Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
Just like today when people misuse the principle of separation of church and state, the King of Assyria was urging the people of Judah to turn away from the Lord in matters of self-governance. Verse 16 sounds like something from a U.S. political campaign, promising a vine, a fig tree, and a cistern of clean water for everyone! This is exactly where we find ourselves today – promises of prosperity and a better life if we would only abandon the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Thankfully, regardless of how our election turns out, we have the promise of a new King who will reign – a King far above all rule and authority.
A New King Will Reign
Along with prophetic warnings, the prophet Isaiah also gave the people the hope of a promise of new King Jesus.
Isaiah 32:
1 ¶ Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice.
2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, And a cover from the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim, And the ears of those who hear will listen.
Isaiah promised that Jesus will reign in righteousness, with princes who will rule with justice. He also promised protection from the coming storm, water in dry places, and shadows to protect from heat. He said Jesus will cause our eyes to see in the Spirit and our ears to hear in the Spirit.
Those who are born again know that Jesus already provides shelter from the storm and allows us to see and hear in the Spirit realm. Therefore, we can trust that He will come again to reign in righteousness and to rule with justice. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
The word of the prophecy in Isaiah 32 continued to warn the people against complacency, which is another important word for us. Like the prophets today, Isaiah prophesied troubled waters ahead but also promised those troubles would be followed by a move of the Spirit that brings fruitfulness, justice, peace, and righteousness.
Isaiah 32:
9 ¶ Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech.
10 In a year and some days You will be troubled, you complacent women; For the vintage will fail, The gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists.
12 People shall mourn upon their breasts For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
14 Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks-
Notice the prophetic warning of troubled days and mourning ahead. Fields and vines will not be productive. Palaces will be forsaken, and the city deserted. Forts and towers will become lairs, which means they will become uninhabited, dark caves or dens, or holes in the ground.
All of this until the promise is fulfilled… the promise of the Holy Spirit being poured out from King Jesus.
Isaiah 32:
15 Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
After this period of troubled days, the land with thorns and briers will suddenly become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will grow into a forest, meaning that we will again multiply and prosper in whatever work we do. This is a promise we can trust today.
Notice in verse 17 the work of righteousness is peace. Our world lacks righteousness today and that robs us of peace. Many are anxious and suffer mental health issues as a result. No one can be trusted. Evil is increasing. But we who trust in the Lord now know when Jesus pours out His Spirit upon us, the effect of His righteousness is quietness and assurance forever. The Hebrew word for “quietness” in verse 17 means idleness, rest, settle, and be still. Righteousness will bring rest and stillness into our spirits. The pensiveness that has become commonplace today dissipates whenever the Holy Spirit is poured out on us by King Jesus. The Lord is promising us peaceful habitation in secure dwellings, and quiet resting places. I don’t know about you, but I’m down for that. Take that knowledge into the polling place with you.
Here is more encouragement for us in Isaiah 35.
Isaiah 35:
4 Say to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.”
5 ¶ Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert.
7 The parched ground shall become a pool, And the thirsty land springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8 A highway shall be there, and a road, And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray.
9 No lion shall be there, Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; It shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there,
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Do not fear your future. The Lord has come to save us and He will come again. Streams will come into our desert seasons. Those of us who do not see in the Spirit will see, hear, and discern what the Lord is saying. Tongues will be loosed, and the lame will leap. We are the ransomed of the Lord and we will come singing with everlasting joy and gladness. Sorrow and sighing shall flee.
This is the promise of our God. Praise Jesus!
A Preeminent King
In a way very similar to Isaiah, the Apostle Paul had to reassure the young Christian Church in Colossae, which was planted by Epaphras, who received the Gospel from Paul at Ephesus. While Paul was imprisoned in Rome, some false teaching had made its way into the Colossian Church, prompting the Apostle to write his letter of correction.
What I love about the opening verses is that Paul emphasized the preeminence of Jesus in teaching the Colossians that Jesus should be the focus of our lives.
Colossians 1:
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight–
23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Note verse 16 says, by Him, all things were created in Heaven and on earth. All powers, dominions, and principalities were created by Him. In fact, all things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, He is head of all things, and in all things, He has preeminence. The word “preeminence” in the Greek means to be first in rank or influence.
Closing
And so, in closing, regardless of how our elections go, we as Christians must keep our focus on the preeminence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus. This is not to say we should not care about the elections. We should! We should vote for those we believe are committed to keeping our nation as one nation under God. We should vote for policies that are consistent with God’s will in the Middle East and throughout the nations of the world.
Having said that, we should not fear the outcome of the elections. To do so would be to put our trust in Pharaoh, or in the King of Assyria, or in the strength and knowledge of mankind. We must not take counsel that is not of God, nor devise plans that are not of His Holy Spirit. We must not go down to Egypt to strengthen ourselves in the strength of Pharaoh!
Let us pray.
Father God, thank You for these words of encouragement from Isaiah and the Apostle Paul. We will not trust in Pharoah, nor Egypt, nor the King of Assyria. We trust You, and You alone, with the outcome of the mid-term elections and with our futures ahead. Lord, take us from complacency, through any troubled waters, to a place of quietness and joy that comes only from Your righteousness. Guide us by Your Holy Spirit in all wisdom as we prepare to vote and give us a peace knowing that whatever the outcome, Our Lord and Savior Jesus will continue to have preeminence over all things. In His name we pray. Amen.
If anyone has not yet received the Lord Jesus Christ in their heart, and desires to do so, please repeat this prayer after me:
Father God, I repent of my sin and ask for forgiveness today. I confess and declare with my mouth that Jesus is Lord, and I believe with all my heart that You raised Him from the dead for the forgiveness of sins. Jesus, please come into my heart and change me. Send the Holy Spirit to guide and direct me in wisdom and to enable me to overcome temptation from this day forth. Thank You for my salvation. I look forward to the day of the Rapture when I can be with You forever. Amen.
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