Dual citizenship

I got a call from a sweet woman the other day. She had a few complaints about me, but not many.
Her main complaint was I was a little rough on the country's new president and I wasn't giving him a fair chance.
The woman said she voted twice for George Bush because she didn't like the policies of Al Gore or John Kerry.
I told her I wasn't a big George Bush fan either. I guess I don't fall in the "Republican" category. To me, the party has lost its way and it is nothing more than a less aggressive form of the Democrats.
I know, I know, there are major differences between the two parties, but there are many in the GOP who are in favor of moving more to the left, changing the party's stance on abortion, gay rights and all the other issues many right-minded Americans find repugnant.
There are many things I cannot stand about both parties, and that includes their constant intrusion into our lives. They have completely ignored the Constitution, a document meant to protect the people from the government, not to confer power on the government.
We have much to fear from the people in power of both parties.
Now, back to this woman who called me. She couldn't support Gore or Kerry, but she thinks Obama is worthy of my support.
Barack Obama is Gore and Kerry on steroids, plus he has much of the media in his corner, along with the millions of people who voted for him. He is a formidable opponent indeed.
I was told that instead of criticizing him I should pray for him like the Apostle Paul told the church to do.
I told her that is correct, but we also owe allegiance to God and not to man.
Now, today, I make this declaration and I urge all of you out there to join me.
While I am a resident of the United States, I am a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven. My allegiance belongs to Jesus Christ alone, any other and I have betrayed Him and his sacrifice on the cross.
Yes, we are to pray for our leaders. I do, I pray that God changes the heart of Barack Obama who supports unfettered access to abortion, destroying the basis of human life under the guises of stem cell research. I pray that he will change his heart and convince him it is in this country's best interests to give our unflinching support to Israel. These are issues I am concerned about, and they are issues with which I stand in stark contrast with this president.
Those are my prayers, but when folks quote Paul about praying for leaders and obeying authorities we must remember Paul preached the gospel, something that was against the law in the Roman empire under Nero and other Roman emperors.
When we are told to offer this support to our leaders, this verse is often forgotten.
"Then they (Sanhedrin) called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, 'Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God." — Acts 4:18-19
This is not a license to break the laws of men, but it is a call to action to follow God when the laws of men go against the laws of God.
We are at such a cross roads. Choose this day whom you will serve.
Are you trying to hold dual citizenship in the Kingdom of Heaven and in the United States of America, or are you willing to serve God above all others?
There is no inbetween. Pray for your leaders, but above all else, remain in the will of God.