God will ALWAYS have the last word. One thing that is clear from reading the Bible, especially the Old Testament, is that God will always have the last word in every situation. I don't care what you are facing today, what the problem is, what the issue is, God will have the last word! Regardless of what the circumstances may look like, regardless of what the situation appears to be, regardless of what the issues are, regardless of what man may say, it is God that will have the last word.
Do any of you remember 11 years ago when the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional? I was amused both at the "legal eagles" who debated the issue endlessly as to whether this was a "legal" ruling that could stand up under appeal and thus apply to all circuits, and totally unsurprised by the many ministries across the nation that seized on this as an angle to raise funds. Everyone was sending special fundraising appeals based on this issue. This, despite the fact it was very clear no serious legal scholar expected the ruling made by the three-judge panel to be upheld. When within 48 hours of the ruling, the judge who wrote the majority opinion unexpectedly issued a stay on his own ruling, I was surprised, but I used occasion to enjoin everyone I knew to accept that such events are just warning shots across the church's bow, and that we better get serious about our relationship with Jesus Christ. Now more than then, we need to quit taking the freedoms we enjoy for granted. It is time to get busy about our Father's business. We must work while it is still light, and before the night comes.
The lawuit and negative ruling against God demonstrated how He is more than able to step in and deal with issues. Laughter brought tears to my esys as, the very next evening, as I watched an exclusive interview on Fox with the mother of the child who was reported to have been harmed by having to say the phrase "under God." Michael Newdow, the girl's biological father and the man who filed the lawsuit in Federal Court, got his standing before the Court by claiming his daughter had been harmed by having to say those words. As it turns out, he fathered this child out of wedlock eight years before. He and the mother were never married. The mother had 100% legal custody of the child.
Between the time of the child's birth and the time of the lawsuit, the mother had become a very strong Christian. The daughter was being raised in a Christian home. Not only was she never harmed by saying the phrase "under God", she had learned to love God, love her country, and wanted to say "under God." Newdow filed the lawsuit without consulting the mother or the girl. He had no parental rights whatsoever, having signed them away at the time of his daughter's birth. Not only would the lawsuit not be upheld on appeal, it was thrown out because Nedrow committed perjury in making the original filing.
God will always have the last word.
