What do you think of the new President of the United States? Are you among the many who believe that Obama will be the savior of our country? Perhaps you are part of the group that is rather alarmed at his liberal moral stand on issues. Could you be one who just has a "wait and see" attitude? Whether or not you like this man, whether or not you agree with his stand on issues, whether or not you like the people he is taking on as advisors, he is our President and should be respected. More importantly, he needs our prayers.
According to Romans 13: 1-2 President Barack Obama is God's man for the hour. "Let every person be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore he who resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves."
In 1 Timothy 2:2-6 we are told, "First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made of behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, in order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony borne at the proper time."
No matter what you think of President Barack Obama, respect his authority as from God and pray he will himself submit to the authority of God and not relinquish that authority to men. But if he oversteps his authority and acts contrary to the teachings of the Bible, we, as God's people, must be prepared to obey God rather than men.
The LORD bless you with being faithful to hold President Barack Obama up to the Him in prayer.
I love you,
Ruth
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