Lessons From a World Leader

Psalm 3:2-4 "Many are saying of me, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my
head. With my voice I cry to the Lord, and He hears and answers me out of His holy hill. Selah."

The world scene is becoming more and more interesting as the return of Christ draws nearer and nearer. It would seem that the US has many enemies who seem to think that they can overtake us in spite of the military reputation that we have. Russia is one case in point. Their refusal to back down from their attack on Georgia – even as we make it clear that we are Georgia’s ally, is quite interesting. Neither is Russia bothered that the UN is threatening to revoke their membership.

Still, with it’s borders being nearly surrounded by mighty Russia, the President of Georgia makes an appeal to the American Christians to pray. He appeals to a country who’s government battles to keep prayer out of the public schools, and Judeo-Christian values out of the classrooms. How is it that the leader of a tiny country recognizes the power of prayer while the government of a mighty country fights to expel the very God on whom we are being asked to petition? It’s a scary thought, isn’t it?

While mainstream media tries to convince God’s people that we have no place in government affairs because it "violates separation of church and state", there is a leader of a country who asks us to call on the very God who has been dubbed "an American rights violation" so that his country will have a fighting chance to maintain their way of life. And don’t think for one moment that Russia will stop with Georgia. Besides the fact that the president of Georgia has tried to, perhaps prophetically, warn us that "the bear is back", Russia has a brutal history with not only Georgia, but also the Baltic states. Russia’s atrocities have been forever commemorated in The Museum of Occupation in Riga, Latvia which soberly and solemnly illustrates what we Americans would term as blatant and gross human rights violations.

The President of Georgia cries to the Lord and asks the American Christians to cry along side of him because somewhere along the line, he figured out that God will hear the cries of His people and move on their behalf. What an incredible lesson from a man who has experienced both the oppression of Russia’s communist rule, and what life is like when they are free of it. God help this nation, that we will never have to experience communism or even socialism before we appreciate and praise Jesus for our precious freedom!