My son David put me on to this story which has been told by many over the years. I hadn’t seen it. A chess champion visits an art gallery where there is a picture of the devil playing chess against a man. The devil appears to have the man beaten, and the title of the picture is “Checkmate.”

But after studying the picture, the chess champion declares,

It’s not checkmate! The king has one more move!

And the application, whether the story is true or not, is that our King always has one more move. One blogger wrote:

Throughout the Bible, this game has been played:  The Israelites found momentary freedom only to face the formidable Red Sea with Pharoah and his armies in hot pursuit.  The King had one more move!  Daniel was lowered into a den full of hungry lions for defying a tyrant and standing up for his faith.  The King had one more move!  A 9 ft. tall fighting champion named Goliath called for a winner-take-all, one-on-one fight to settle the war. A little shepherd boy took him on. The King had one more move!  Jesus was tortured, crucified, and buried for 3 days. But the King had one more move! – Dennis Bloodworth, February 2012

So whether your world is collapsing or it appears that the whole world is collapsing, we need to remember, the King has one more move.

No matter who wins the election, whenever a winner is declared, and you feel that the wrong side won, remember, the King has one more move.

The King always has one more move.

In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen. (1 Timothy 6.13 – 16, NIV)

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever. (Revelation 11.15, ESV)

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war…On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. (Revelation 19.11, 16, ESV)