Okay, scratch that idea. God has His reasons when He picks our leaders. Yes, He who turned the hearts of kings does rule the votes of Singaporeans in our age.
I know most people who will read this paragraph are, like me, too young to vote. However, remember the Singapore General Election 2011 concerns our future too - if the Lord wills us to remain in this land. Now, consider that the future of our country hinges not simply on voting citizens. The voter may wield his vote in any manner he would, be it with prudent wisdom, or foolishly picking a party at random, or perhaps in indecision spoils his vote. Yet this power to 'elect' is ultimately given by God above, and while man is responsible for using this power, victors have already been chosen by divine providence. Therefore it is the Lord's sovereign power which chooses and authorises the men who lead this nation.
The following devotion is brought to you by CH, Spurgeon. Apparently it was in the church weekly bulletin for the Lord's Day Meditation on the morning of July 17. (That was in 2009!) So I kept this devotion for almost 2 years to share it here, hopefully, according to God's timing.
~Timothy•
"Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God." - 1Th 1:4
Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but they cannot learn it thus, it is only to be discovered by "looking unto Jesus." If you desire to ascertain your own election; after the following manner, shall you assure your heart before God. Do you feel yourself to be a lost guilty sinner? Go straightway to the cross of Christ, and tell Jesus so, and tell Him that you have read in the Bible, "him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out." Tell Him that he has said, "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." Look to Jesus and believe on Him, and you shall make proof of your election directly, for so surely as thou believest, thou art elect. If you will give yourself wholly up to Christ and trust Him, then you are one of God's chosen ones; but if you stop and say, "I want to know first whether I am elect," you ask you know not what. Go to Jesus, be you never so guilty, just as you are. Leave all curious inquiry about election alone. Go straight to Christ and hide in His wounds, and you shall know your election. The assurance of the Holy Spirit shall be given to you, so that you shall be able to say, "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him." Christ was at the everlasting council: He can tell you whether you were chosen or not; but you cannot find it out any other way. Go and put your trust in Him, and his answer will be "I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." There will be no doubt about His having chosen you, when you have chosen Him.
"Sons we are through God's election,
Who in Jesus Christ believe."
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