Praying For Our Leaders

As Christians, we are called to pray for our leaders, our country, for God’s people Israel, and all the other political issues around us. In America, we have the privilege of voting for our leaders, so we ought to vote in accordance with our values as well as pray. In Proverbs it is written, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Good, Godly leaders are badly needed in America and around the world.

We also need to do what it says in 2 Chronicles and humble ourselves, seek God, and repent of our sins. As it is written, then God will hear from heaven, and heal the land. Being humble before God is crucial and it makes our prayers more effective. This is also how we can be salt and light and be the best witnesses to the people and culture around us.

Being humble before God also increases our own faith. When we humbly pray, we bring our requests before God and give them to Him. That means we don’t have to worry about what we have asked God for. When we pray more we can worry less. We can’t make anything happen by worrying about it. Worry only breeds discouragement in our hearts. But, God can make our requests happen by His will if we bring them to him and we will feel encouraged.

The conditional promise that is written in 2 Chronicles was originally written for God’s people Israel. Christians have not replaced Israel, even though we have access to the same promises through Jesus Christ. We are called to pray for Israel and to bless Israel.