Why Praying for Political Victory Misses the Point of Faith
The Limits of Divine Intervention in Political Battles
You would think that if five thousand people prayed for the same thing, surely God would listen, right?
That was the number of faithful Christians who gathered for an online prayer meeting ahead of the Presidential Debate. They were not praying for the truth to be revealed. They were not praying for wisdom and discernment for all participants or for the nation’s leaders to be guided by integrity and compassion. Instead, their prayers were focused on securing a political victory for their chosen candidate and ensuring that their preferred outcome would come to pass.
They were praying, specifically for Donald J. Trump.
That he would win.
Because this particular crowd has made up their minds about what God’s will is. All they needed to do now was “pray it into existence.”
This particular prayer meeting was organized by none other than evangelical social media superstar Sean Feucht. In case you haven’t heard of him, Feucht is a self-proclaimed Christian nationalist who achieved notoriety through his “Let Us Worship” tour during the COVID-19 lockdowns. He traveled from city to city and held Christian worship concerts in defiance of…
