Under God, our leaders pick our fights wisely.
When Solomon was faced with ruling a multitude of people, he prayed to God in 1 Kings 3: 9 to “Give your servant…an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” Verses 10-13 then says, “It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, ‘Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.’” So, God gave Solomon wisdom and He rewarded him for asking for it. Romans 8:28 reminds us that “…for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” Solomon clearly loved God, as it says in 1 Kings 3:3. And did not Solomon’s kingdom prosper, in fulfillment of Deuteronomy 28?
It is also clear that after Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge, God changed His policy of forbidding man to attain knowledge, to rewarding those who seek the knowledge necessary to walk in His Steps. So, we have the Proverbs of Solomon, of which Proverbs 1:7 says “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge…,” and Proverbs 9:10 says “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…”
Under God, those who lead us will do so wisely, seeing that those under their leadership prosper and live without strife. There will be times when it becomes necessary to butt heads with others, but fighting should not be the beginning and end-all of itself. Proverbs 29:22 sys, “A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression,” leading us away from God.
Those who lead us with God in mind will consciously strive for wisdom and knowledge to discern when the right time is to confront others, and who to confront with. Those who lead us, who blindly pick fights where and with whom fighting under God is not necessary, does not love God as Solomon did. The Bible is full of stories of leaders who out of personal gratification apart from any devotion to God, have led their people to disaster. History is full of such leaders as well, and the consequences to the people they presided over. A leader who doesn’t even bother reading a letter from another leader he wants to confront, is not a leader under God.
A leader who stirs up anger and strife among the people he presides over is not a leader under God. A leader who is only interested in self-gratification at the expense of those he presides over is not a leader under God. Romans 8:7 says, “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.” And a leader who sirs up anger from others when the people he presides over are doing well enough, is not a leader under God. God changes such leaders and imparts new leaders with wisdom, as it says in Daniel 2:21. And those who love God will choose such leaders who are wise, replacing those who aren’t.
When Solomon was faced with ruling a multitude of people, he prayed to God in 1 Kings 3: 9 to “Give your servant…an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” Verses 10-13 then says, “It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, ‘Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.’” So, God gave Solomon wisdom and He rewarded him for asking for it. Romans 8:28 reminds us that “…for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” Solomon clearly loved God, as it says in 1 Kings 3:3. And did not Solomon’s kingdom prosper, in fulfillment of Deuteronomy 28?
It is also clear that after Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge, God changed His policy of forbidding man to attain knowledge, to rewarding those who seek the knowledge necessary to walk in His Steps. So, we have the Proverbs of Solomon, of which Proverbs 1:7 says “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge…,” and Proverbs 9:10 says “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…”
Under God, those who lead us will do so wisely, seeing that those under their leadership prosper and live without strife. There will be times when it becomes necessary to butt heads with others, but fighting should not be the beginning and end-all of itself. Proverbs 29:22 sys, “A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression,” leading us away from God.
Those who lead us with God in mind will consciously strive for wisdom and knowledge to discern when the right time is to confront others, and who to confront with. Those who lead us, who blindly pick fights where and with whom fighting under God is not necessary, does not love God as Solomon did. The Bible is full of stories of leaders who out of personal gratification apart from any devotion to God, have led their people to disaster. History is full of such leaders as well, and the consequences to the people they presided over. A leader who doesn’t even bother reading a letter from another leader he wants to confront, is not a leader under God.
A leader who stirs up anger and strife among the people he presides over is not a leader under God. A leader who is only interested in self-gratification at the expense of those he presides over is not a leader under God. Romans 8:7 says, “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.” And a leader who sirs up anger from others when the people he presides over are doing well enough, is not a leader under God. God changes such leaders and imparts new leaders with wisdom, as it says in Daniel 2:21. And those who love God will choose such leaders who are wise, replacing those who aren’t.