In the first year of his reign, in the
first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and
repaired them. (ESV)
When Hezekiah took
the throne in Judah, his first order of business was to tend to the work of
God. I am willing to bet that there were
plenty of people who had other suggestions for the new king. Most of us want our leaders to do something
for us. We want them to make our lives
better, and our ancient ancestors were no different.
How often do we
pray for our mayor, our governor, or the President? Do our representatives and senators, our
school superintendents and town councils ever make their way into our daily
prayers? There are many voices speaking
to our leaders and trying to influence them.
As a Christian, don’t you want one of those voices to be that of the
Holy Spirit?
Add some local,
state, and national leaders to your prayer list. Lift them up daily. They need our prayers and the wise counsel of
God just as much as our friends and family do.
Copyright © 2014 by Steven R. Perkins
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