Posted on 01/20/2009 3:58:11 AM PST by tenger
Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that man gets justice. Proverbs 29:26
As I write this, hundreds of thousands are descending on Washington D.C. for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. It is not hard to imagine that many are straining for that one glimpse of the president. Others will get a chance to meet and greet the new president. Some will have their own agendas; others will just want to say that they met the President of the United States in person. Very few, however, will get more than a few minutes with the President.
After the inauguration and into the presidency, many will go to Washington so that they can have a few minutes with the most powerful leader of the free world.
What's interesting about this one obscure verse in the Book of Proverbs is that no one really needs to leave their homes to have an audience with One more powerful than the President (or any other ruler for that matter). We only need the confidence and trust that God is more powerful and more in control than a President, Prime Minister, or Benevolent Dictator could ever be.
We may not get justice we desire by going to rulers; we will get the justice we need, however, by going to God.
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