I have been reading,  D Martin Lloyd Jones’ book ‘Sanctified through the truth’.   On pg 13,14 and 15 he starts to talk about the Christian and the state, I have typed it out below as it is well worth the reading:

“The function of the state are of necessity good because the state has been appointed by God; let us never forget that…”

“The state is not human contrivance, it is not man who conceived the idea of the state and law, it is God who ordained it. God has ordained the bounds and the habitation of every nation; God has called the magistrates and the powers that be, and put them into being. I can say, therefore, that as God has organised the state, indeed all the states of the world, it is the business of all to see to it that the state does its work properly. And one of the duties of the state is, therefore, to see that God’s name is honoured and glorified…”

“It is therefore the business of the Christian, as a citizen of the state, to see that all that is done … for if God has decreed that the state is the way in which the world should be governed, Christian people should be concerned to see that it is done in the right and true way.”

“But you will see at once that the purpose of all this is simply to set a limit on sin and to the results of sin and wrong doing.”

In light of this, how do we see our own Governments/leaders?   It made me think about all sorts of things politically, I am quite politically minded as it is, but what got me was, do I pray enough for our leaders, do we pray enough for our leaders either individually or as a corporate Christian body? Or is it the occasional side though…  “oh, well I’m praying, so I might as well pray for some leaders”, many a time I have been like  that. 

What a difference it would make if we all prayed  everyday, every week for our  political leaders, both individual and in the Church.  Not just praying but also speaking out.  Satan must be loving the whole ‘tolerance’ attitude, it doesn’t matter about other religions as Satan himself knows they are false, he  just wants to  keep Christians quiet!