Who will fight for us?

In 1 Sam. 8 the people encounter the "bad sons" of Samuel the prophet. His sons took after the sons of Eli and were dishonest, accepted bribes and perverted justice. I am amazed at how this very thing is in the church, but we do not address it. It is like corrupt leadership is OK if it is done with Godly intentions. But that is another issue.

Bad leaders results in people asking for someone to be in charge. It can happen at Walmart or the United Nations, but when things go bad we want someone to be in charge. The result of bad priest is a call to have a king. Hidden beneath the call for a king is also the desire to have someone "fight our battles".

While it can be both a privilege and a calling to fight the battle of others for them, it can also lead to apathy. When a society it entitled to have someone else be responsible for the justice they desire, they can set back and make demands without engaging in the fight.

As Christians we need to learn to fight from a position and behavior of love, but we can battle. Each one of us needs to take on the enemy ourselves. Each one of us is responsible to be a right revelation of God in the earth today. While the imagery of a never ending battle is not comforting to us, it is the reality that we live all our lives in. As I pointed out at the start of this, even int he priest hood, trouble can be brewing.

I guess we need a king. Or maybe we need a King of kings.

Kingdom or Nation

Matt 13:31-33
31 He presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; 32 and this is smaller than all other seeds; but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches. "

33 He spoke another parable to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three pecks of meal, until it was all leavened."
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The teachings of the Kingdom of God reveal to us some of the ways that God is going to use to influence all the nations of the world. From seemingly insignificant beginnings God plants something that grows. When the growth is close to harvest time or when the time of baking is near, the impact is accomplished. The Kingdom of God often advances without being seen.

Each person who is living out the gospel of the Kingdom needs to remind ourselves of this growth process. In a world that is impatience and in a hurry, few rewards are given to the steadfast enduring process of growth. If success and influence are not accomplished very quickly, a person is tempted and tried to try something else or abandon the failing cause. How many times have the people of God thrown away the right plan just because it was not producing the results they wanted? Instant maturity is a myth and those who promote such need to be infected with the Kingdom.

Equal to the election of presidents and officials are the daily lives of the people of God. Righteousness in the White House is not greater than righteousness in your house. God’s Kingdom is not made of rules and orders of behaviors, but heart transformation. With or without just laws the Kingdom is coming. The whole earth will be full of leaven.