Monday, January 21, 2008
Reliance on Human Government 1 Sa 8:10f
So Samuel passed on the LORD’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king. “This is how a king will reign over you....
Samuel goes on to describe activities of practically every government. I don't believe governments are necessarily bad, nor are they necessarily good. But for God's people, the primary danger is that a government will take the place of God's rule as the focus of our energy in making the world a better place, and we will depend upon them to do what God wants to do. He had told Samuel in verse 7, "it is me they are rejecting, not you."
Lord, give me discernment to know how to respond rightly to human authorities, and to never allow them to take your place in my life as authority or as the focus of my hopes for this world.
