So maybe God sometimes gives us something we don't want, to "teach us a lesson?"
Or are you prepared to rule such a thing out of the question, in principle?
Do you hold yourself forth as an expert in "what God wants?"
Personally, I think I have a pretty good idea, generally speaking. But as to how the details work out, I am as ignorant as you.
God is obviously more than willing to give us what we want to teach us a lesson or to give us what we don't want to teach us a lesson. I don't understand why you would have posited that question.
Do you hold yourself forth as an expert in "what God wants?"
I think the Bible is pretty clear that when things like elections occur, the result is something that God ordained. God is perfectly capable of controlling every situation so that ultimately his will is done. I have studied the Bible and History enough to know that when it comes to determining the direction a nation goes, that God's hand is fully in control of the situation. Israel is the perfect example of God using people like Obama to chastize the nation for it's lack of faith. How many times did God ordain tyrants to rule over Israel so that they would turn from their ways?
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Chr 7:14
Personally, I think I have a pretty good idea, generally speaking. But as to how the details work out, I am as ignorant as you.
Do you believe that God doesn't know who is going to be elected this November?
Do you believe that if God didn't want that to happen, that he is somehow powerless to prevent it?