Tuesday Reading: 2 Chronicles 20:6-9
Key Verse: 2 Chronicles 20:9
9 If evil comes on us, whether the sword, judgment, or plague, or famine, and we stand before this house and in Your presence (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our affliction, then You will hear and help.
Devotion:
Have you ever compared the leaders of the past with modern day leaders? Have you ever wondered whether the leaders of the past had to decide whether they were going to follow in God’s Word or whether they would continue to do things according to the people? It seems like leaders today have swung back to trying to do things to please the people rather than doing what is right or correct; politicians seem to be in it for the popularity stakes rather than the country or the people… How I long to see a leader that will be willing to stand up for God instead of showing the people that they are just trying to please them instead.
If we are thinking along the lines of these thoughts then we should also be thinking that if we wanted the leaders to please us then we are the one that have to tell them that we want to follow God and not have Him shut up and hidden behind all manner of political correctness. We are the ones that have to stand up and ask the politicians and leaders why they have forsaken our God. We are the ones that need to remind them that they have a duty to lead us in God’s Will and not their own. Any revival or turn back to God has got to start with the people that are still following and trusting in Him; we are the ones that can highlight the fact that God is real and continues to watch over us. The simple act of allowing others to know that we depend on God will allow them to see that we have a leader that they need to take notice of too!
God has always given us His Word that He will continue to protect us for as long as we ask Him to. He has continued to promise us that we are just to ask if we want something and He will answer us… When we ask our parents, we do not always like the answer, but they do what they think is best for us in the circumstances. When we ask things of God, we should expect nothing less than Him to answer us in the way that He knows is best for us… and answer He does…
Points to Ponder:
Do you pray for our countries leaders?
Do you show them who God is?
