September 2, 1945, on the deck of the USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, General Douglas MacArthur spoke after the signing of the unconditional surrender of the Japanese: "Today the guns are silent [. . .] the skies no longer rain death [. . .[ the seas bear only commerce [. . .]men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world is quietly at peace. [. . .] "A new era is upon us. Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern both for our future

God is sovereign and that means that is no one or nothing that can trump His will (pardon the election-year pun). There is no amount of ballot stuffing, party pressures, or political action committee, that can thwart God’s sovereign will: Isaiah 43:13 Indeed before the day was, I am He; And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?" That could be frightening except that His sovereignty is also applied to the well-being and security of