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Leading in to this election day, I had been the most unsettled I can ever recall being. I read all the things. I researched as much as I could but at every turn (on both sides of the fence) was contradiction or facts, cries of corruption, flint struck on dry haystack of fear, constant danger pointing and deflection, hatred, vulgarity, divisiveness... the list goes on.My head was spinning.My heart aching.Wishing for real facts and answers.I became completely submerged in earthly politics.Many nights I would like awake paralyzed by fear and worry. I would pray and tremble. Pray and cry. Pray and pray some more. I was begging God to provide me with answers.To steer me in the right direction.The problem with that is deep down I already knew the answers and I knew the direction all along. Looking back, I can't believe I missed it.You see, Sunday snapped me out of it.Sunday reminded me what is truly important.Sunday gave me a swift kick to the gut and then immediately sent me on the path to the revelation of the big picture's end game.Sunday was as clear as image of God's protection as it gets. I am forever grateful for his power of protection.I spent several solo hours on the first half of long drive (a much needed respite from my recent consuming thoughts) and allowed for a time of reflection and conversation with the one who is always there.I prayed and worshipped.Without request, the exact words I needed to hear overcame me.I was filled with so much gratitude and peace.As I set the GPS and tuned in to my go to Pandora station, the first thing I hear is the following:"You unravel me, with a melodyYou surround me with a songOf deliverance, from my enemiesTill all my fears are goneI'm no longer a slave to fearI am a child of GodI'm no longer a slave to fearI am a child of God"Then the words by Chris Tomlin echo over and over again:"Our God is greater, our God is stronger,God you are higher than any other...... Noone like you. None like you......And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us?"Then Waymaker weaves its way on to the repeat."Even when I don't see that you're working. Even when I dont feel that working. You never stop. You never stop working."Coming at me like grenades of peace and gratitude.One right after the other.-"Through it all, through it all,, my eyes are you and it is well with me."-"My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness"-"Jesus, the name above every other name."As my mind drifted back to election results and wondering when a victor would be declared, my speakers fill the truck with:"Your name, Your name is victoryAll praise, will rise To Christ, our kingThe fear that held us now gives wayTo Him who is our peaceHis final breath upon the crossIs now alive in me.IN YOUR NAME I COME ALIVE TO DECLARE YOUR VICTORY!"You see folks, God is still speaking.Are you listening?Every turn you make, Satan is waiting in the shadows planning his next move to draw you nearer to him.Will you turn away?Do you recognize him?Earthly happenings aren't always God's will.The devil has infiltrated our lives in ways we might not even recognize.What we have is the armor of God.You just need to accept it.No matter who is sitting in the Oval Office in 2021, I still know who is sitting on the throne.