November 03, 2021: SOAP #4353:  Job 25; Mark 13-14

SCRIPTURE:  Mark (NIV) 14:1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 2 “But not during the Feast,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

OBSERVATION: Several years back we visited Flint Hills Assembly of God one communion Sunday.  Pastor Robin Haines commented that the Roman Government (the most powerful government in the world at that time) was afraid of doing something that would cause the people to riot.  The people had power to affect the mighty Roman government!

In the USA we like to think that we have a government “of the people, and by the people, and for the people,” as Abraham Lincoln said it.  Today was election day in our nation.  In our community we voted on city council and school board members.  Our constitution is primarily to protect the people from unreasonable government.  Through the constitution, God gives us the responsibility to vote.

APPLICATION:  The Bible makes it clear that I (or the people)—that we are to affect the government.  We should be willing to serve as opportunities arise.  But mostly we should pray.  (1Timothy 2:2)   We need to become seasoned pray-ers, praying fervent prayers to a God who can do far beyond anything we can ask or imagine.  We need to pray, expecting God to make a difference.  Each one of us should pray as though we are the only one praying for our nation. 

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I believe we are living at the end of the age.  You are about to turn a page in the history of man on the world.  I pray for a mighty ingathering of souls into your kingdom.  Use me to bless and encourage your people.  Amen.

Pastor Leon
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