Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
August 11, 2024
(1 Timothy 2:1-4 KJV) "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
In the United States of America we tend to complain if our favorite politicians are not in power. We have that freedom under the United States constitution. But we must remember that the authorities that are in power are there at God’s permission. We pray and hope that they will rule well, in God’s stead, but that does not always happen.
In fact, the authorities ruling in the United States are often making and enforcing laws contrary to God’s laws.
Have Christians not been praying hard enough “for kings and all those in authority”?
Christians need to pray even harder, not just for what we want, but praying for what God in his Sacred Word wants for all mankind.
He is the God “who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." And that truth comes only from his Word, the Bible, the truth that Jesus died and rose again to give life in heaven!
Prayer
Grant, O Lord, we beseech Thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by Thy governing that Thy Church may joyfully serve Thee in all godly quietness. This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, thy Son, Our Lord. Amen
