Celebrate the Outcome of the Audacity of Hope against Social Prejudice: Barack Obama's Inauguration!

Yes, I believe Barack Obama's historical election to the US Presidency and his celebrated inauguration on January 20, 2008 as an African American indicates clearly that the Lord rules in the kingdoms of men. In a country where discrimination against African Americans was formally insitutionalized in the society as recently as just about four decades ago and which has a congress of only one African American senator among a hundred senators, it is an acclaimed astonishment that Barack Obama, an African American of socially insignificant background, has been elected as the first U.S. African American President from among a list of highly prominent white candidates.

God declared this plainly to a stubborn and arrogant king once in Daniel 4:17: "This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will, and sets up over it the lowest of men."

This world is bound by prejudices which blind many and delude them into vain pride of themselves and unjust spite for others. With this they ignore the real values with which God endows a man and are caught by surprise when God makes His commendation and confirms His approval of His chosen.

In the true Church, among true and sincere members of the Body of Christ, such evil and vain thinking are banished because the Spirit of God makes us who we are or can be in the Body of Christ. He does it in a way that none is better than the other and we all need one another. Praise the Lord.

But if the oppressed and despised of the world will wait on God it's amazing how marvelously the Lord gives grace to the humble and brings down the proud. "Surely He scorns the scorners; but He gives grace to the lowly. The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools" (Proverbs 3:34-35).

Barack Obama's inauguration is a celebration for all upon earth for generations to come of the audacity of hope and the working of the power of God on the side of the lowly. David would have celebrated with these words in Psalms 75:5-7:
5: Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6: For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7: But God is the judge: He puts down one, and sets up another.

Our Father and God, You who rule in the kingdoms of men, we thank you for the grace and justice you have demonstrated, as well as the hope you have unleashed, to the poor, lowly, and oppressed through the raisng up of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States of America. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, give Barack Obama grace and wisdom, power and favour, to execute Your will in his rulership according to Your purpose for the welfare of the people of the United States of America and all the nations of the earth. Amen!