Proverbs 21:1. “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will.”
THE KING’S HEART. It worried me a lot, all his talk about “change,” He seemed so dissatisfied looking for people to blame For the wrongs he perceived were going on in the nation - And he had glib, slick answers for each situation. But then I stopped for a time to consider this fact – He couldn’t do a thing if God didn’t allow him to act. Then my mind was at ease and again I learned to trust In the One True God who made man out of dust.
The “king” like all others is a part of God’s plan He puts down one and then finds another man Who is under God’s control whether he knows it or not, And all his pet projects can easily come to naught, Because over every decision that affects a nation Is the hand of the Lord God of our salvation Who does what is right and will bring to pass, An ultimate kingdom under God’s King that will last.
These seemingly hard times are only a glitch In the life of a nation with a ruler in which The heart of this leader is controlled by God And nothing can happen even if an earthly lord Raise himself so high in his own estimation That he thinks his will is the will of the nation. So, God then steps in with divine intervention And brings pride to an end with severe condemnation.
I will trust in the Lord and will pray for the “king” Asking for a peaceful life and God’s salvation to bring An end to the evil in the heart of that man Knowing God who gives life is willing, and can Move the heart of the “king” to repentance and faith – Can turn him from pride into a trophy of grace – What a stir there would be if such a “king” would say, “It is God’s grace we need to bring our nation a new day.”
“O God of all nations and people: many do not even acknowledge Thee as existing, let alone the Supreme Ruler of the universe. Yet I know the nations are as a drop in the bucket to Thee, and the leadership of nations is set up or put down as Thou dost see the need. I am resting in confidence that what is happening our nation and to our people is allowed by Thee. I thank Thee in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”