“Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for us all” (1 Timothy 2:1-6).
Election Day is upon us. How shall we pray?
Should we pray that this party or that party will rise to power? Perhaps, but an inspired apostle exhorts us first to pray that the party that rises to power will provide an environment in which we are free to walk and talk the gospel. Why? Because that’s the only truly good news that folks in your family, shop, school, office, or neighborhood will ever see or hear.
And so we pray for peace, not for the sake of peace alone, but to the end that the word of God may spread quickly and be held in honor, for God wants all men and women to be saved and come to “the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4).
And what is “the truth”? This platform? That platform? The truth is far deeper: “There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for us all” (2:5:6).
David Roper
10.30.20
