Who is on the Lord's side?

Now that the election is finally over, where do we go from here? I noticed that most people were evenly divided between John McCain and Barak Obama. I don’t know too many people who had no opinion; the candidates and the issues caused people to choose sides. This brings me to a story.
In Joshua 5 Jericho had fallen and Joshua looked up to see a man with a sword in his hand. We learn in the story (vvs.13-15) that Joshua was concerned with whose side this warrior was on. The warrior, called the captain of the hosts of the LORD, said he wasn’t on Joshua’s side, or the people of Jericho’s side, he was on the LORD’S side. I believe it is time that we Christians put more emphasis on being on God’s side rather than which political party we are affiliated with.
Another story comes to mind which was spoken by Jesus. In Mark 4:26-29, Jesus told the parable of the secretly growing seed. He said the Kingdom of God was like seed that was scattered and while the farmer slept, it grew without him knowing how it grew. Jesus said the Kingdom of God was like this. Today, we preach the Kingdom and share the Word, but we can’t make the Kingdom grow. There are two applications I’d like to offer.
First, if you voted for Barak Obama, don’t get too wrapped up in the hype. Political figures (from ANY party) are just that, political figures. Our hope can’t be in a political party, nor can it be in any particular man. Our hope is in the Lord who is growing his Kingdom while we “sleep”.
Second, if you voted for John McCain, don’t fall prey to the “woe-is-me” attitude. Can’t we see from this parable that the Lord’s Kingdom will grow and eventually be manifested in all its fullness?
We need to put politics behind us and pray for our President-Elect. We are to pray for our leaders (I Timothy 2:2) and submit ourselves to our leaders (I Peter 2:13). While we are doing Kingdom work we must have the greatest confidence that Christ is on the throne and his Kingdom will be manifest for all to see some day.