So my fellow American, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. And I'm going to. So, Some of the band is going to stay up here because we're going to do something a little bit different tonight.

But just as we were thinking

through election day and preparing for you know kind of an unusual evening,

there's a story that I was reminded of from God's word.

It's a story that's found in Joshua, chapter three.

And it's one of those stories that is such a reminder in Joshua and the people of God,

and I'll explain even kind of the context for the book of Joshua, one of those moments where they were reminded,

when things feel out of control and chaotic, remember,

remember who your God is.

Remember that is at work when you can't see it

and you can't connect the dots.

Remember everything in this world full of brokenness is

still in his hands. If you're familiar with the book of Joshua, so Old Testament is about the nation of Israel and God's relationship with the nation of Israel.

God shows up in the book of Genesis to a guy named Abraham. Father Abraham had many sons.

God shows up, says, I'm going to make a great nation out of you, the nation of Israel.

Abraham has these 12 sons and over and over, or Abraham has one son, he is a son that has many, many sons and God builds this incredible nation and he grows this people group.

They find themselves in Egypt and they're enslaved for 400 years and God had promised

I'm going to build this great nation, you're going to have just this promised land that I'm going to give to you in 400 years go by.

And a lot of the Jewish people are going maybe God has forgotten us.

I'm looking around and all I know is slavery, all I know is being

oppressed. It doesn't seem like we're the chosen people of God. And if we are, I'm

not even sure I want to be the chosen people of God. And then a baby boy named Moses is born.

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