Today’s Thought “Where Is Your Hope?” G. Ward

“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” 1 Timothy 2:1-2

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people” was initially the expression of John Wycliffe in 1384 to refer to the Bible as central to governmental compliance. President Abraham Lincoln re-emphasized this same phraseology at the Gettysburg Address via great compromise of insisting that democracy become the substitute for the Bible’s centrality. I wasn’t there but I would imagine that the divisiveness perpetuated by political factions that denied this land from what we now enjoy as the United States longed for peace and prosperity never experienced before by man’s posturing as Deliverer (cf.1 Sa.8).

Real hope trusts that genuine conformity in righteousness exists solely in the Lord and maintains availability to any desiring shelter (Ro.10:13). If/when your prayers for governmental leadership exceed the parameter of spiritual righteousness, futility therein persists (cf. Ps.127:1).

Happy Wednesday!