A Murderer for a President
If a Congressman murdered one of his constituents in plain sight among witnesses, what would you do? I would think he should immediately be arrested, thrown in jail awaiting a trial. Once convicted what would your punishment be? Life in prison? The death penalty? Set free to later become President?
So, you think I'm being silly, political or just plain stupid? You say that man could never become President? You say that man should be put to death for his crimes?
If you said "the death penalty", you just killed Moses.
Did you forget that Moses was the adopted son of the Pharaoh? Did you forget that he killed an Egyptian out of rage when he could have easily had him arrested? Did you forget that he fled and came back later to lead the nation of Israel out of captivity?
How quick and swift we are to judge a man by our standards and condemn a man to death. How quickly do we judge and execute harsh judgment of much lesser crimes? How quickly do we judge and execute harsh judgment against those who haven't committed any crime at all, but rather just annoy us?
We even go so far as to misjudge the poor, the handicapped and various racial communities. We think that nothing good could come out of (fill in the blank).
Now, take a breath and slow down. I'm not telling you to not judge. I'm not saying that President Obama is a murderer. I'm not saying police shouldn't round up the bad guys. I'm saying that God can take a man who has made devastating mistakes and use him to free a nation from slavery. I see it over and over again in the Bible. God takes a lowly man and exalts him so that God can be glorified in the end. God chooses to exalt the humble, turn weakness into strength and confound the wise with the simplest of things.