Dear Woodland Hills Family,
What’re you worth? $42 if you voted.
At the end of October, 1,015,615 television ads had been aired for the presidential general election — up 39.1% over 2008 and 41% over 2004. (No wonder we’re tired of election rhetoric!)
The pricetag for all this? Over a billion dollars. And that breaks down to $42 for each voter.
Mind you, this is just TV advertising. By mid-October the two candidates had spent a combined $1.7 billion on their campaigns, which works out to $2.6 million every day!
How about all the other federal and state races? The total for all 2012 elections is expected to exceed $6 billion!
One might conclude, then, that winning an election is all about having enough money to sway the voters.
But long ago — before democracy had even been birthed — words were spoken firmly to the contrary:
The Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men
and gives them to anyone He wishes
and sets over them the lowliest of men…
His dominion is an eternal dominion;
His kingdom endures from generation to generation…
He does as He pleases with the powers of heaven
and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back His hand or say to Him:
“What have You done?”
(Daniel 4:17, 34-35)
No, you’re worth much more than $42. All the money in the world can’t sway an election without approval from the Most High. He raises up rulers and brings them down. He bestows kingdoms on whom He wishes. And nothing happens –even when $6 billion is spent — without His permission.
Resting in the Most High,
