God Is In Charge of Government

# 369 - Today's Living Word comes from Mr 5:10-13 “Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.

Isn't it interesting that a spirit being is concerned about the physical geography of our world? Who cares about border guards and crossings when you are a spirit? Why would a spirit being beg Jesus to allow him to stay in a certain geographical location?

I don't know the answer to that question. Maybe the pickings were easier in the land of the Gadarenes. One thing I do know and that is that geography matters. I also know that every national border line has been established by God.

The Bible tells us that God holds the king's heart in His hands. He turns it any way He chooses. He is the “King of the nations” (Jer 10:7) If new nations come into existence or existing boundaries are changed it is God's doing not ours. He is in charge of government. He is in charge of principalities.

The spirit beings know this fact and so they come to the One who is in charge of boundaries with their request. Should we not do the same? Should we not come to God in prayer for all things related to the governing of our country?

When will we learn that God is in charge of government? When will we learn and yield to the truth of Rom 13:1, “For there is no authority except from God and those that exist have been instituted by God.”

Nehemiah knew this truth. He knew that when he was talking to the king, he was talking to God's appointed representative. Listen to his conversation with King Artaxerxes as he sought favor from the king: “Then the king said to me, "What do you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king,”

Nehemiah didn't excuse himself and bow his head and have a quiet moment of prayer with God. No! His prayer to God was immediate as he spoke to the king. He knew it was one and the same thing because he was talking to God's chosen representative.

Oh, the trash talking even among Christians, of our God-appointed government leaders. Learn from Nehemiah! It will forever change the way you look at government and restore a sense of civility in our land, as we all learn anew to address our representatives as “The honorable” so and so, instead of just that “so and so.”

I'm Duane Matz and that's Today's Living Word