Wasn't that whole 'Anointed of God' thing used against Cruz, even though the quote was allegedly said by his father? It seems to me that 'story' broke about the same time as the mistress article in National Enquirer, in time for the Bible Belt primaries, where Cruz performed far worse than expected among Christians. (IOW, that stuff hurt him).
The story on Ted Cruz was not the same by a long shot. Ted Cruz decided to run for president after God spoke to his wife, Heidi. Rafael Cruz, Ted's father and a born-again pastor, described his son's decision-making process. The elder Cruz recounted that during a Sunday prayer session at a Texas church, Ted Cruz and his family sought God's guidance as to whether the senator should enter the presidential race, and after two hours of praying, God sent a message to Heidi that essentially said: Go for it.
This is a direct quote: "At the end of that time, a word came through his wife, Heidi. And the word came, just saying, "Seek God's face, not God's hand." And I'll tell you, it was as if there was a cloud of the holy spirit filling that place. Some of us were weeping, and Ted just looked up and said, "Lord, here am I, use me. I surrender to you, whatever you want." And he felt that was a green light to move forward."
It was the media with the help of Trump followers that fabricated this into a "Cruz is a Crazy Christian" story, and lied that God told him he wants him to be President. He was seeking Spiritual guidance when faced with a big big big decision, which we all should do. That's it. There is nothing more to the story except for all the fabrication and put-downs of Cruz, his supporters, and Christians.
Now Trump's divine intervention story has turned into a cult-like belief and it has a huge following. Believe me, I have had my sister call me, knowing I was not a Trump supporter, and explain the connection with Trump and Isaiah 45, reading me supposed prophetic messages from God about Trump, and how he WILL become president. GOOGLE "Trump and Isaiah 45" and see how crazy this has got. Story's of Charismatics pastors all over the country sharing prophetic messages direct from God about Trump.
Here is one from Kim Clement who has tens of thousands of devout followers including 2 of my 3 sisters, believing his every prophetic message he gives. Ignoring those that did not happen.
This is GOD speaking now.....
"I am God and you have called to Me, and many from this Nation have said "enough, enough of religion, enough, enough of dead speech." The Spirit of God said, this is a moment of resurrection. For the Spirit of God says, honor Me with your praise and acceptance of this that I say to you. This that shall take place shall be the most unusual thing, a transfiguration, a going into the marketplace if you wish, into the news media. Where Time Magazine will have no choice but to say what I want them to say. Newsweek, what I want to say. The View, what I want to say. Trump shall become a trumpet, says the Lord! I will raise up the Trump to become a trumpet and Bill Gates to open up the gate of a financial realm for the Church, says the Spirit of the Living God! "https://www.kimclement.com/prophecyview.php?id=11&search=trumpThere are others, many others. Again Google it.
This is a lot different than a "Seek God's face, not God's hand" message, which simply says keep your focus on Me as you are doing for I have a plan for your life - and don't ask Me to help you be President. For the rest of us it may be a job promotion, the blonde at work you have a crush on, winning the Powerball. Sound advice for all of us. For the secular world queue the Que Sera, Sera song.
