‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters:  “It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave."  This is from Jeremiah 27

There you have the wonderful bold statement of Scripture that God is fully sovereign over everything and everyone.   He created the earth and he gives it to whomever it seems right to him.   In the days of Jeremiah this meant that Nebuchadnezzar was given political power.  He is called God's servant.  He would be in power doing the sovereign will of God as long as God pleased.  In this case God was showing his extreme displeasure toward his precious people for their wicked rebellion.  He was using the evil of Nebuchadnezzar to bring his holy judgment on his people.  The wicked king would be responsible for his own actions, but God was working his predetermined will through Nebuchadnezzar.  

It was God's pleasure to select Barack Obama as the leader of the United States.  While I do not think President Obama will be another Nebuchadnezzar, I do want to point out that President Obama has been given this post by God Almighty.  With the views of Biden and Obama on the sanctity of life and their dangerous economic theories, we may be in for further decline as a nation.  From the history of Israel we know that God uses political turmoil, military defeat, and economic distress to reveal his displeasure over sin.   God's call is for all people to return to him.  He is the God for all people everywhere. 

As the church of Jesus Christ this will give us more opportunities to faithfully witness to our culture.  Let us hold forth the Word of Life in these dark times.