by Jacque Brown
Can you imagine what it would be like if you are in the most powerful position in the U.S., if not the entire world - the President of the United States of America - and now it is being splashed across all the newspapers and shouted out from every major television network that you have been named as THE HERO, beating out the all-time #1 favorite, Jesus Christ Himself!!!
I have been saddened as I have heard this "news"! I am not at all concerned that the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of lords and the King of kings, has "lost" His position - how utterly absurd! But I am concerned for President Obama, that he will actually begin to believe the headlines, and move so far away from the still, small voice of God that he will be unreachable. Is that possible, that he could become so caught up in the praise of man that he cannot hear the voice of the God he claims to know? Is it possible that he will come to view himself as the "savior" of America?
Oh, how we need to pray for the president and his family. Even the most steadfast, righteous man would have a hard time standing true to God in the face of such adulation and worship. I am not implying that President Obama is not a good man - God alone is the Judge of his true heart. But I do not believe that he, nor any other man or woman, is strong enough in his convictions and commitment to the God he professes to know to be able to withstand the heady sense of power that accompanies his position.
I was thinking about the president and all that's going on in the government these days, and was reminded of Psalm 2: "Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 'Let us burst Their bonds apart and cast away Their cords from us.' He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then He will speak to them in His wrath, and terrify them in His furry, saying, 'As for Me, I have set My King on Zion, My holy hill.' "
God has set His Son as King above all the nations, and He is on His throne, no matter what happens in Washington or any other nation of the world! We need to pray fervently for our leaders, for the decisions they are making that put them in the position of opposing God, and that somehow they will come to their senses before it's too late!
"I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way." I Tim. 2:1-2
Read Jacque's blog here!
Can you imagine what it would be like if you are in the most powerful position in the U.S., if not the entire world - the President of the United States of America - and now it is being splashed across all the newspapers and shouted out from every major television network that you have been named as THE HERO, beating out the all-time #1 favorite, Jesus Christ Himself!!!
I have been saddened as I have heard this "news"! I am not at all concerned that the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of lords and the King of kings, has "lost" His position - how utterly absurd! But I am concerned for President Obama, that he will actually begin to believe the headlines, and move so far away from the still, small voice of God that he will be unreachable. Is that possible, that he could become so caught up in the praise of man that he cannot hear the voice of the God he claims to know? Is it possible that he will come to view himself as the "savior" of America?
Oh, how we need to pray for the president and his family. Even the most steadfast, righteous man would have a hard time standing true to God in the face of such adulation and worship. I am not implying that President Obama is not a good man - God alone is the Judge of his true heart. But I do not believe that he, nor any other man or woman, is strong enough in his convictions and commitment to the God he professes to know to be able to withstand the heady sense of power that accompanies his position.
I was thinking about the president and all that's going on in the government these days, and was reminded of Psalm 2: "Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 'Let us burst Their bonds apart and cast away Their cords from us.' He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then He will speak to them in His wrath, and terrify them in His furry, saying, 'As for Me, I have set My King on Zion, My holy hill.' "
God has set His Son as King above all the nations, and He is on His throne, no matter what happens in Washington or any other nation of the world! We need to pray fervently for our leaders, for the decisions they are making that put them in the position of opposing God, and that somehow they will come to their senses before it's too late!
"I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way." I Tim. 2:1-2
Read Jacque's blog here!
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