The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer[a] must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,[b] sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:1-13
These above standards are the Biblical Standard recommendations for a leader of the church.
I know, most politicians did not set out to be Christian church leaders, but isn’t this list of qualifications what we should pray for and look for and vote for in our leaders everywhere?!
Shouldn’t we pray our government leaders put on the armor of God? Shouldn’t we pray they stay in the Word? Shouldn’t we pray they are so filled with the Holy Spirit that they can only live in the center of the Lord’s will?
These people who seek to lead our country, many of them probably set out to do good. But they end up in the deepest density of temptation.
Think of it! In charge! In power! In elite circles full of worldly success! In a place to easily profit from their position in extra tempting ways!
When the devil tempted Jesus, he showed Him every city in this world and said “All of this is mine.”
However good their beginning intentions, who else is in more of a position to be tempted and eventually led by the devil than world leaders?
Let our prayers always seek to cover them in the only protection and provision sufficient for that dangerous position.
Lord,
We thank You for Your strong hand of provision and protection! Please, Lord, help the leaders who set out with a heart for You.
Help those who began this way and have gone astray. Let the Spirit in them bear witness to their wandering and show them the path back to Your will!
Protect those who are working for You in the midst of the highest governments of the devil’s world.
We forget, Lord, living here, that this is not our home. Protect us, like parents need to protect children in an unknown culture. Guide us, Lord, and those who lead us here.
And let us always remember, Lord, that we are strangers in a foreign land and we must protect ourselves with the armor of Your Word.
In Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen
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