The 44th President of The United States

History has once again been made in our great land and liberty has prevailed. I watched the Inauguration of the Barack Hussein Obama this morning at a few minutes after 10:00am Idaho time, and I have to admit that I was filled with pride at much of what I watched. It was something like watching the Space Shuttle take flight for the first time, I knew that what I was watching was big and truly historic.

Some forty-four years ago in a press interview, Martin Luther King Jr. predicted that our nation would see, as he put it, a "Negro" president within forty years and possibly within twenty-five years. We are a little later than he thought, but we have lived to see that day come to pass.

Does this mean that our country is bigot free? Do we live in a land that is no longer plagued by discrimination? Unfortunately no, however we do live at a time in history that God has chosen to allow you and I to witness such an historic event. Nonetheless the job of our president remains the same as for all those who have led before him: To honorably represent the best interest of an entire nation.

There are not many nations in either our modern history or the past that one can observe both current and former and potential leaders leaders co-mingle and honor each other in a peaceable manner as we saw our former presidents today. It was refreshing to see Bush' H. & W. as well as Carter and their wives embrace each other.

We have clearly taken a crossroads in our American history. Indeed there is much that needs be done and said about the economic conditions and financial challenges with which we are faced, however, as with anyone who takes the mantle of leadership at any time in history is thrust the great burden of guidance.

It is my prayer that our new president will take advantage of the great value of coming on his knees in earnest prayer before a mighty God; as to our duty: to Christians who claim the freedoms and responsibilities of this great nation also fall the task of sincere prayer for those who lead.

I recall in the days that followed the inauguration of President George W. Bush, there was a ground swell of believers who pledged to pray for our president. I believe there should be a commitment among believers once again to pray for our president as he leads and has influence on the lawmakers and impact on the short and long-term history of our nation.

Take time to lift him and his administrative staff in earnest prayer; bring him before the God who has Soverignly allowed him to take the office of the greatest nation on earth.

-John