Lead Us!

Did you see President Zelenskyy's speech to Congress last week? It was wonderful. Emotional. It was a speech from a leader. A true leader. In that speech he called out our president. He asked President Biden to do one thing. Lead.

"I’m addressing the President Biden. You are the leader of the nation, of your great nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace." - Volodymyr Zelenskyy

When you and I were kids, did you ever se anyone getting beat up on the school play ground? Did you ever experience being bullied in the back of the school bus? What did you hope for when you witnessed those things? A leader! Someone to step up and say, "Stop that!"

That's the kind of leader we need today. Someone to stand up to Putin, and all the rest of the bullies in our world, and put them in their place.

I was reading about King David this morning. Now there was a leader! There are many such leaders in the Bible. Moses, Johua, and of course, Jesus. Our problem today is that not a lot of people are reading God's Word, much less putting its lessons into action.

These Biblical leaders did two things - they consulted God before they did anything. They also asked God what they should do. We need a Biblical leader right now, that's for sure.

Our biggest obstacle to receiving God's help with our world's problems today is that we have largely turned our backs on God. God says that, if we do that, He will not hear our prayers for help. That's not a good position to be in.

"Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.” - Jeremiah 14:12

Does any of that sound like what's happening today? So, what do we do? God's children must pray! We must pray for the redemption of sinners, we must pray for our enemies. We must pray for our forgiveness. And we must pray for God to deliver us from this mess we have made.

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chronicles 7:14

God is the answer to the pain the world is in right now. God loves everyone, but look what we are doing to ourselves right now. It is time to return to our King. We need somebody to lead us out of this bondage we have enshackled ourselves with. We need a deliverer! And His name is The Lord God Almighty.