Hello steemians, It is another beautiful morning and I hope you all are enjoying this new week. Today I will be writing on a crucial and important topic which talks about praying for those in authority. I'm not exaggerating here but I must say 20% of Christians out of 100 pray for their leaders and some think they are actually bringing those leaders down by not praying for them but I does not work like that.
Insight of world leaders today
In the world today you can hardly see a democrat state or country praying fervently for their leaders. Let's take Nigeria as an example, with the current economic situation of the country most people would not even think about praying for their leaders because they are either thinking of how to survive. I must say despite all this things that are happening we still need to pray seriously for our leaders in high places. We should note that our leaders actions can affect the conditions we live in either positively or negatively, this can also extend on to our families, churches, workplaces, cities, and our country at large. When those in power are obeying and following God's step, it would also affect the nation positively because everyone will live peacefully in godliness and holiness.
Bible scriptures
Even the Bible tells us that we should pray for our leaders.
St. Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 2:1–4, I urged all believers that we should direct our petitions, intercession, prayers and thanksgiving to the kings and all those in high positions.
Prayer is important as we all know and the Bible also made special mention of praying for those in positions of power. Talking about those in power we are not only referring to politicians and so on but some of this people include government officials (international, national, and local)pastors, elders in the church,leaders in the school and so on.
In conclusion
If we make out time to pray fervently for our leaders I am sure we will experience changes in no time, but when we all neglect and allow them to rule without praying for God's guidance for them it becomes a problem and it will also affect us as I said earlier.
Thanks for reading