God's Kind of Leader

 We know that David was a man after God's own heart. That is why David was God's choice as the king over His people. It shouldn't be a surprise to us that David became God's kind of leader. We need to have leaders like David today. However, I am afraid they seem to be few and far between.

David became king over all of the tribes of Israel. (II Samuel 8:15) David administered justice and righteousness for all his people. That is what it takes to be God's kind of leader. We need to be looking for these two things as we select our leaders today, if we want our country to do well.

The reason for the Constitution of the United States of America is to ensure freedom and justice for all. That is what we say when we recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. However, I believe there is a lack of justice today. Justice is seeing that what is honest and fair is done. It is what courts are supposed to administer. The problem is that we have leaders and judges who do not know what is honest and fair, so they can't administer justice, as they should.

We need leaders who administer righteousness, too. That means that we need people of integrity with good character, who know what God says and what the Bible teaches. Then, we need to base our laws and our actions on those principles. That is not imposing religion on people. It is helping everyone to be right with other people and with the Lord. Our country would be much better off with God's kind of leaders. 

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Tomorrow, I intend to read II Samuel 10-12.