Psalms 9:20 KJV
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
I am not one given to praying for bad things to happen to people, even when I believe they have done badly. But this Biblical prayer is one worthy of our bringing before the Lord regularly; not that we wish evil and bad things to happen to others, but that the nations of this world would see that they are but men.
Nations, and especially those leaders of them, can so easily take on a god complex. They begin to view themselves as larger than life and above not only the laws they themselves have created, but the law of God. They view themselves as
Wiser than those they lead
More power than those they lead and
Having more privilege than those they lead
And they forget that, though they may lead, they are ultimately still accountable to the Sovereign of all.
O Lord, cause our nations leaders to fear You for only in that fear can they have any real wisdom. Help them to see that they are but men. Lead them to lead only as they in turn follow You.
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
I am not one given to praying for bad things to happen to people, even when I believe they have done badly. But this Biblical prayer is one worthy of our bringing before the Lord regularly; not that we wish evil and bad things to happen to others, but that the nations of this world would see that they are but men.
Nations, and especially those leaders of them, can so easily take on a god complex. They begin to view themselves as larger than life and above not only the laws they themselves have created, but the law of God. They view themselves as
Wiser than those they lead
More power than those they lead and
Having more privilege than those they lead
And they forget that, though they may lead, they are ultimately still accountable to the Sovereign of all.
O Lord, cause our nations leaders to fear You for only in that fear can they have any real wisdom. Help them to see that they are but men. Lead them to lead only as they in turn follow You.
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