As we sit at home watching our leaders on TV it is easy to make controversial comments about how they are running the affairs of the country or city where we live. The Bible contains good advice for leaders which may apply to us also.
Leaders can’t afford to make fools of themselves, gulping wine and swilling beer, Lest, hung over, they don’t know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt. Use wine and beer only as sedatives, to kill the pain and dull the ache of the terminally ill, for whom life is a living death. Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the down-and-outers. Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute! (Proverbs 31:4-9 MSG)
People get hurt when the decisions of others override their basic human rights. Some of us grew up in families where our caregivers were, to some extent, like the leaders referred to above. It may be true to say of them, “they don’t know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt.” At this point in our lives, knowing the wrong choices we have made, we can better forgive and understand how those who are not walking in the ways of God can harm those in their care. The truth is we have been hurt and we have hurt others, and that is why we choose to forgive, make amends, and move on.
Brothers and sisters, I ask you to join me in my struggle. Join me by praying to God for me. I ask this through the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ. Pray for me with the love the Holy Spirit provides. (Romans 15:30 NIRV)
The Bible tells us to pray for our leaders so we can live in safety. Also, if we see a fellow citizen being oppressed, we need to defend them and speak out for justice in our community. In love, let us take every opportunity to act as Jesus would act and, as we desire to see our leaders act.
Pray in this way for kings and all others who are in authority over us,… so that we can live in peace and quietness. (1 Timothy 2:2a)
Prayer: Gracious Father, Teach me Your principles that I may walk in Your ways in all my affairs. Help me to defend the right for justice for those who may not have a voice in the community. Amen
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