Your Government needs your prayers

A little new year message for you.

Whatever part of the world you live in your country is facing great risks this year, whether political, social, racial, religious conflict, or economic. Here in the West the whole economic system is still on a knife edge.

Whatever the political colours of your government, they do not know what to do. They do not have the wisdom or power within themselves to handle the situations they face.

So we must pray. We must set aside our own political leanings and pray. For if the party you tend to support has recently gained power, they do not have the power in themselves to handle the situation. If you support the opposition do not imagine that a simple change of government would solve things.

We must pray.

If we look in the Bible we see that God can work through all sorts of governments. In Egypt God placed a godly man, Joseph, in the right place at the right time to give wisdom.

At another time, Nebuchadnezzar was in power. He was one of the most godless and evil rulers there could be. Babylon had crushed God's people. Yet God spoke to this man. And again God had placed godly men of wisdom in key positions, in the form of Daniel and his friends (read all about it in Daniel). 

No matter how much you may despair of your government, God is greater, and God can even speak to them. We must pray.

Pray for governments that you do not like. If you are a Euro-sceptic then pray for the EU. If you are a Republican then pray for Obama. Pray for the Russian and Chinese governments.

Whatever else we do this year, pray.