This message was originally preached as part of the “In God we Trust Series” back in August; pre-election. As the results of this election have swept our nation and exposed its fractures more clearly and even exposed deeper division in the church, it needed to be shared again, from a post-election perspective. The reason, and the reality is because other than a change of who will be in the White House, our nation remains the same: in desperate need of God’s mercy and grace revealed and the church with the same mission. We must commit to keeping “first things first.”