Come, and Worship...............the President-elect

I am sure we are all familiar with the Christmas song Angels From the Realms of Glory. The chorus invites us to "...come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King." He is to be the object of our worship.

However, what I am seeing a lot more of at this point in time is the media inviting us to come and worship the President-elect. They follow his every move. It is all they can do to contain themselves today concerning this train ride from Philadelphia to Washington. "This is the same thing that Lincoln did when he was nearing his inauguration'" they say. The only thing that Lincoln and Obama have in common is that they are tall and from Illinois. The similarities stop there.

Not sure about you, but I am completely nauseated by this media orgy surrounding President-elect Obama's inauguration. Can these people be objective at all? Can they stop bowing down to this man? When will they figure out that this man is all symbolism, and no substance? Do they know the danger of putting faith in man rather than putting faith in God?

It reminds me of another Bible story. Please recall with me the account of King Nebuchadnezzar building a rather large image of himself. He commanded the kingdom to come together and bow down to this image. There were three who would not: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. For defying the king and refusing to do so, they were thrown into the fiery furnace. Yet God would not let them die. They would not bow down to someone other than God, and he saved them from the fire.

I see many similarities to today. While Obama has not made an image of himself, the media and liberal elites have done so for him. They are asking one and all to come and worship at the feet of our soon-to-be President. When we do not do so, they try to pressure us by calling us racist, intolerant, un-American, and any other disparaging remark they can think of. While there is no furnace to be thrown into, we are treated as outcasts, members of a right-wing fringe.

With all this being said, the man is going to be our President, not our Savior. He came many years ago to save us. We ought not to put our faith in this man (or any other). The object of our worship ought always to be our Savior. He will control the rest.