I would like to add a fourth home - a home country. With the presidential inauguration next week, we are about to embark upon unmapped territory and uncharted waters with a new president. “New” is not quite correct in terms of the person of Donald Trump, but it is a new term for him, and it is a new time for our country.
We all have felt the tumultuous animosity and civic dysfunction over the past 4 years if not the last 8 or 12 years, in our government parties. The lies, deception, monetary waste, and putting of our country in jeopardy from the invasion of foreign operatives and agents have been astounding.
That being said, the Bible says we are obligated to pray for our governmental leaders. (1 Timothy 2:1-4, Romans 13:1.) The Lord raises up and takes down world leaders as He wishes. (Proverbs 21:1)
But He also instructs us that we are to pray for our leaders and be involved as citizens in the leading of our country and communities.
Prayer is not the only thing we can do, but it is the first thing we must do if anything else we do is going to be meaningfully effective.
Might I challenge you to make it a priority to pray once a week for our country - The President and Vice President, the Supreme Court, and the full Congress. You may not have voted for them. You may not like them. But we are to pray for them.
"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." -Plato-
Serving Him with you Until He comes for us. Fred |