Nov
6
Careful How You Pray
Filed Under Devotional
I love my country and I pray for all of its leaders to be successful in leading this country to becoming stronger and a protector of life and liberty around the world. I want them to encourage lawful and moral behavior. A passive, lenient leader is no better than no leader at all. And being leader-less is a bad thing for a country. I thought about that as I read this simple verse the other morning:
“In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.” Judges 17:6
It’s not explicit in these words, but reading this gives a sense of dread and moral anarchy that ensues when there is no leadership (either from a king or from God).
Then you have the case of a leader who tries to lead without God.
“Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;
but blessed is he who keeps the law.” Proverbs 29:18
I pray for our leaders to be used by God. I pray for revelation from our God to our people.
To pray for anything else would be self-destructive.