Proverbs 21:1
The
king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it
whithersoever he will.
Authority
is directly under the influence of the Lord.
We must remember that our God is the King of kings and He is over all
that are over all. This does not mean
that those in authority always make godly decisions but because the king’s
heart is in the hand of the Lord, God will use their decisions for His
purposes. Our God is able to take any
sort of decision and work it together for good. Like a river can go around
obstacles and continue its course, the Lord takes His purposes around the
stones of a king’s decisions and brings His will to its final end. This is why
we must not resent authority but embrace the decisions that are handed down as
tools in our God’s hand. Our husbands,
pastors, managers and even police officers are in the hand of the Lord. When a certain boundary or restriction is put
upon us, it would be good for us to present it to the Lord seeking how He wants
to use it for our good. This way we do
not have to resist authority or feel helpless in the ramifications of
authority’s decrees. We can sense the
safety and supremacy of our Lord. We
should pray for authority and then, unless they ask us to do something contrary
to God’s Word, submit to their leadership trusting our Lord’s ability to use
them to take us places we might never have gone without them.
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