November
28, 2016 Monday Message:
“Give
your love of justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king’s son.” Psalms 72:1 NLT
This
ancient prayer for a country’s leader and the country’s next leader is as
relevant today as it was for King David and his son Solomon 3,000 years ago.
Without
regard for political affiliations, we should always pray that God’s value
system would be the moral compass guiding our leaders. We need honest, truthful
leaders, who live out their lives as if Jesus was watching – because he is
watching! God has no time for those who cannot be honest, who cannot tell the
truth.
God
will also test the compassion of his leaders, wanting them to love their
country and its residents just as Jesus loved everyone. Heaven wants leaders to
love all their neighbors without constantly asking, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus
already answered that, by saying that your neighbor may not look like you or
speak like you or dress like you. Jesus said to be nice to pretty much
everybody, unless they give you reason to do otherwise.
Because
the out-going and the in-coming administrations in the US are so different, is
perhaps the best reason to pray for God’s hand on all of this.
Norton
Lawellin
Jesus
in the City Fellowship (JICF) meets at the Akina Church, 3249 30th
Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406, 10:30am. This Sunday, Advent 2, Dec. 4, 2016, Pastor
Pilla teaches about the birth of Jesus foretold.
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