But if I remain thankfully and happily in His rest, truly His, he will give me a place to live. (Isaiah 14:2-6). I cannot in this scheme of things deny Him or His power or His ability to protect me. (Isaiah 33:5-24). I cannot do anything apart from Him. I must acknowledge Him. I must defend Him as His soldier. And the church, I must defend them too for they are my family. (Isaiah 35:1-10)
God gives us leaders. He puts people in our lives that are leaders both secular and spiritual. Whether those are godly leaders depends on the individual heart and soul of that particular leader. Those leaders may or may not lead us in a godly manner. Why then does God permit that for His people? Realize not all people ruled by leaders are God's people. And God's peopelare under the authority of Christ. Although in Romans 13:1-7 we are also to be mindful of leaders that are in secular office, that doesn't mean that those leaders are particularly godly. We follow them because they were put there by God. And our prayer is that they will turn toward God and acknowledge Him in what they do.
