Only God can provide true nourishment.
IT SEEMS ALMOST universal that we humans place our hope in other humans to rectify our problems. Look no further than American presidential elections. Every four years millions watch with bated breath to find out if their candidate won. The acute reaction to election results on both sides of the political aisle are telling—literal weeping and despair on one side and elation on the other.
But these reactions are the exact symptoms you would expect to see from those who have given their hearts to human leaders. Lest you think I'm immune, I can tell you I too have been swept up in presidential elections in the same manner. Even as far back as 1996 when I was not yet 13 years old, I recall being downcast at Bob Dole's defeat. (Just about everything in the previous sentence is ridiculous.)
Therefore, I don't posture myself your judge. I understand the inclination to be happy or sad, because despite the intentions of the founding fathers of America, the presidential position does wield quite a bit of power.
Yet even when the preferred candidate wins, that person will never solve your problems no matter how wise or benevolent he or she is. Solomon wrote a proverb in a similar vein, about a peer oppressing the poor:
