Humble Leaders

2 Chronicles 5:12-14 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

¹³ For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.

¹⁴ And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

Solomon built the temple as instructed by God.  He stood before the people and dedicated it with a heartfelt prayer.  Unashamed, he knelt and humbled himself before the Lord. 

What a contrast between Solomon and our current leaders who are unbelievers, or unwilling or afraid to humble themselves before God in public.    

The Dalles used to have a Mayor’s prayer breakfast every May which brought mayors from many cities around us, along with well over a hundred citizens, together to pray in public.  One mayor here in The Dalles chose not to honor that tradition, her excuse ‘God says to pray in private;’ then quoted Mathew 6:6  But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

We have said it many times, the Bible can help a person defend any position, especially when it is taken out of context.  I do not know of what faith this person was/is, I do know that through her satan killed a tradition; and a Bible verse was used to justify her stand. 

Satan is having a hay day now, he is managing to stifle freedom of speech more and more each day.  If we quote the Bible – correctly – then it is hate speech.  Children are being told they cannot read the bible in school, let alone pray.  Christians in politics are being derided for their stand for Christ and are actively targeted by opponents to stop them.  Television programs are being developed to deliberately target the Bible and striving to discredit God’s Word – if satan can make people question the Word of God, then he has successfully undermined it. 

Not too long ago I ended a public prayer with “in Jesus Name.”  I was taken aside by someone who suggested it was inappropriate, I said then don’t ask me to pray.  I haven’t stopped. 

We need to pray for our leaders.  We need to pray they open their hearts and minds to the Holy Spirit.  They need to be led by Him and they need to follow Him.  We need to pray for Christian leaders to stand and proclaim Christ.  We need to pray that people will listen and repent.  It is only too late for America if we, as Christians, give up.  It looks bad and looks worse each day, but God has not given us completely over to satan.  We need to pray for a Jonah to proclaim God’s wrath and mercy, and perhaps like Nineveh, America too, will repent.

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