He’s On The Throne

Good Morning,

In our current world of political craziness, do not allow the folly of men to upset the rest you find in Christ.  I would like to remind you of a few verses:

In Genesis 26:24, Abraham is called God’s servant.

In Numbers 12:7, Moses is called God’s servant.

In Numbers 14:24, Caleb is called God’s servant.

In 2 Samuel 3:18, David is called God’s servant. 

In Job 1:8, Job is called God’s servant.

In Jeremiah 25:9, we read the following:

“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations." 

How about that! Nebuchadrezzar, the heathen king is called God’s servant.  I understand that good men can be servants of God, but him?

We all like it when “good people” are in leadership, and it bothers us when evil folks rule, and so says the Scriptures.

Proverbs 29:2 “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” 

Evil rulers bother us, but we should not allow it to remove from us the assurance that God reigns in the affairs of men.

Daniel 4:17 “…the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men."  (also Daniel 4:2, 32)

Go ahead and vote, and if you desire, write to government officials, but the most important vote you can cast is in your prayer closet to the God of the universe.  

Do not worry how things LOOK.  I am sure the disciples thought the situation looked badly when Jesus was being crucified, but God had a plan far greater than anything Satan might have thought up. After three days and the redemptive work was completed, Satan was defeated, death was defeated, and the grave was turned into a doorway to the eternal city.

Do not forget the terrible days of Israel’s captivity in a heathen land.  Then one day, God spoke to the heathen leader, Cyrus, and directed him to rebuild Jerusalem.

Isaiah 44:28 “That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.” 

Cyrus, the corrupt king of the East?  Yes, God called Cyrus “My shepherd.”  I guess we can trust God with elections, Senate approvals, and presidential appointments. 

As the song says, “He’s Still on the Throne, so what could be wrong?” 

Pastor