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OK...off the cuff, how about: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth, Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...Matt 28.

Nothing about not trying to influence the nations (including governments...).

I think perhaps the better choice of words would be “serve” or even “govern people righteously” rather than “control governments” or “be in charge of governments.” I think that serving is very much in God’s nature.

Yes, serving is something that Christians are to do as part of God's will for our lives, as long as the serving we are doing is within His will and plan and not something we on our own decide we should be doing.

God has a plan for each of our lives which includes service, but we have to be careful to hear His voice and serve in the manner that He wants us to.

And His service may not involve governing people. Jesus never governed people while He was here; He focused all His time on telling people about His future kingdom and the only way to be part of that kingdom.