1) Minnesota Senate changes hands to Republican control after 40 years
2) Sweeping changes in the US House of Representatives with 60 seats going to Republican candidates and a return for Republican control of the US House
3) High voter turnout - 41.5% (Minnesota was in the 50% range for eligible voters)
4) Additional Republican Governor's (at least 10 from yesterday's count)
Interestingly enough, from a stock market perspective, the markets historically fare better with different parties in control of the House,Senate and Executive branches (gridlock be darned).
Romans 13:1-5 talks about civil authority and has something to say about who is really in charge of our government:
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
In the end, God is sovereign.
Grace & Peace
PLW
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