Americans are always looking for…something else. If we have an apartment, we want a house. If we have a house, we're looking for a bigger one. A better job, a more exciting boyfriend or girlfriend, a longer vacation. I’m struck by how often we look to the government (or a particular party) to provide for us. I’m old enough now to look back and see how the pendulum often swings in government—to this party one year, to that party another, always looking for something better, something different, something else. I wonder if the opposing slogan in four or eight years will be “change.”

Some people today are ecstatic and shedding tears of joy over Obama, others have a deep sense of dread and despair. Either way, Psalm 146 can help temper either our excitement or dread: “Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them-- the LORD, who remains faithful forever.”

In a sense, there is nothing new under the sun, every leader in history has come to the same end (except one), the pendulum swings again, and he or she is replaced with another. So, whether you are elated or dejected today, look to the one who remains constant, who will not let you down, who is creator of all and is sovereign over all.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. - Hebrews 13:8