Popular Vote or Individual Power?

Jesus never asked for a majority vote of the disciples!  Peter withstood Him to his face and tried to stop Jesus from even going to Jerusalem, much less dying on the cross.  Thomas doubted even after the resurrection.  Most followed Jesus afar off when the crisis of the crucifixion trial was happening.  But Jesus never waivered!  He knew who He was, why He was here and what He came to do.  "The Son of Man has come to suffer once for our sins and fulfill all righteousness".  Jesus followed another voice... the Father's.  He never moved or did anything without first confering with the Father.  "Jesus said, all that I do the Father shows me".  (John 12).  When God was ruling Israel through Samuel the prophet.. God was king of the nation.  The majority voted and elected to have another king.. Saul.  God abdicated and gave them what they asked for.  But God said you will get your king, but he comes at a price.  Your earthly king will make your sons and daughters his servants and you will loose your freedom.  But they chose Saul anyway.  God lifted His hand off of Israel.  Remember for 40 years the Philistines could not attack Israel under Samuel the prophet because "The hand of the Lord was against the Philisintes all the days of Samuel the prophet." (I Samuel 7) But after Saul became king, the Philistines immediately were allowed to attack.  Even the heads of Saul's army followed him trembling.  When God was declared to be over America.."one nation under God" we have experienced 200 years of blessing, protection and prosperity.  Our future depends on God's hand upon us and against our enemies.  We stand in the balances of going off more than a fiscal cliff, but a moral and spiritual one.  History shows that the majority don't get it done.. but individuals who were willing to take their stand.  What the army of Israel could not do against a giant, one boy, David, did with a sling.  When Israel stood at the edge of extension from Haman's hand, one woman was willing to offer her life to the king.. Esther.  Who will stand today?  Thank God for the owner of "Chick-fil-a" who put his business at risk to take his stand.  No the majority won't get it done, but individuals who will rise up and speak for truth.