LET GOD BE KING OF KINGS

When I constantly hear and read of certain conditions in the world, it seems things are out of the control of any human beings. I think of Syria where there has been war against the people by a government that just won't let go; or of the thousands of displaced people in Haiti that are dependent on food from the outside for survival years after a hurricane, or the new threat of violence between North Korea and other countries.  It seems there is just no human answer to these problems. I feel God simply has to intervene and resolve matters and bring sufficiency and peace among people. Neither God's people nor human organizations are able to resolve these issues. Then there are constantly hostilities in the Middle East that could break out into war, or the new threat of North Korea to deploy nuclear weapons against their adversaries. When Mary sang at the coming of the Messiah she said, “He has brought down rulers from their thrones and lifted up the humble; he has filled the hungry with good things.” I am driven to plead for God to intervene in all this mess that is beyond the control of humans, either governments or his people. I believe Joseph Stalin, the murderer of 20,000,000 people, died suddenly as by the hand of God, as I understand when people around the world were praying for God to act. Abraham asked, “Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? Is it too much to plead with God to take action where only he can releave the misery of people? “Be the Lord and King of King that you really are,” we plead. Certainly we pray for God's people to wake up and act responsibly to alleviate the hunger and desperate needs of multitudes. But what the church can do seems inadequate. God must move by his mighty arm to bring justice and relief to multitudes in dire need for security and the daily needs for survival. What if God's people would join together and cry out to God to act? While committing themselves to be faithful in the smaller things they could do to minister with the good news of the Gospel and the abundant life. Consider joining us in pleading for God to act and bring down strongholds of oppressive governments and bind hostilities that bind people into desperate situations, and to stir his people to do what they can in his kingdom to let it come to all mankind.