I've taught for decades the necessity and efficacy of praying for those in authority. I've lived long enough to have spent many years praying for those with whom I have deep disagreements. God never asked me to agree with them; he commands me to pray for them. Moreover...
God promises to take these often weak prayers and answer them in powerfully unexpected ways, most supremely in the open doors for the Gospel he provides for his Church. THIS - and this alone!- is our chief priority. You may think the highest priority is the protection of
... your personal rights or justice in an unjust land (and these matter for you and your neighbor are an image-bearer of God), or perhaps economic systems or military security. Vital as such are in a well-ordered nation, these are not our in priorities in prayer. We pray...
...not for our personal comfort, preservation of our security, or power for our political parties, but for the sovereign work of God in civil realms so that the Church may be at peace & carry out its mission in the Gospel and mercy.
Little reveals our political idolatry more than our politicizing of prayer itself. If you're only praying for those you agree with, you're rather missing the point of 1 Timothy 2; if you only think God is 'in control' when your side 'wins', you'll need a new definition of God.
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