On the morning of November 4th, half of America will be disillusioned, even apoplectic over the outcome of the election. The other half of America will be ecstatic. Relieved. Their national nightmare will be over.

November 3rd is not to elect a president or members of Congress. It is a referendum on America’s future. The Constitution, freedom of speech, government control, the rule of law, the right to bear arms, et al—these are what Election Day 2020 is about.

Half of America views these issues one way, the other half another way. Negotiation is out of the question. Why would you—how could you—negotiate with someone deplorable, immoral, unethical, inhumane?

What will the other half do when their candidate loses?

Habakkuk lived in ancient Israel. He dreamed a dream of the Babylonian invasion. He tried to negotiate an alternate future with God. God declined. Habakkuk writes, “Decay enters my bones, / And in my place I tremble. / Because I must wait quietly for / the day of distress, / For people to arise who will invade us.” Jerusalem fell in 586 BCE.

Habakkuk saw it coming. Half of America sees the end coming. It is hopeless.

Habakkuk’s eyes were not on government. In time, neither were the conqueror Nebuchadnezzar’s.

As he waited, Habakkuk said, “Yet I will exult in the Lord. He is my strength.”

Whether you win or lose in November, where is your hope?

Government?

God?