Proverbs 21: 1: "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will." A man may be a pharaoh in Egypt, a king of Babylon, a caesar of Rome, an Alexander the Great, a Napoleon, a Joe Stalin, an Adolph Hitler, or any great ruler of the future. Regardless of how powerful a man may become politically, it can be stated as an axiom that no man can act in independence of God. Many of these rulers thought they could, and men today may still think they can. But the truth is that no man is free from God. No man can act independently. We have a Declaration of Independence in this country. Right now it is being used to declare our independence from God. We believe in liberty; so we’ve declared we are free from God! However, we are not free from God. We cannot act independently. “The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD,” and God is going to turn him just as He turns the course of a little babbling brook that runs down a mountainside. “As the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” No king nor ruler nor any individual can act independently of God. The verse supports the Sovereignty of God over all people including political leaders. It is a comfort to know that God is in charge even over leaders we feel are godless and opposed to the gospel message. Trust in His Sovereignty not what you see or hear.
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