ENDURING RULE

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will be established forever.

Proverbs 29:14

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

The Book of Proverbs has guidance on people leading daily lives. There’s little disputing that.

There’s also little disputing that the Book of Proverbs contains guidance for those who are given the opportunity to govern people as they live their daily lives. Today’s verse is one of those pieces of guidance:

If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will be established forever. Proverbs 29:14

Now one could say that this is archaic as there are very few kings today. We see far more presidents and prime ministers than we ever see kings. But we should not get wrapped up in semantics here. For the gist of God’s word is not centered on the type of ruler but rather the way the ruler leads their people.

The message is simple enough. Rule and judge the poor with fairness and the leader will reign forever. Conversely then, we can estimate that an unfair ruler will not be sustained in their sovereignty.

Now ask yourself this. Name one worldly king who ever reigned forever. Don’t spend too much time thinking it over because it has never happened. There have been some leaders who were in office for a long time but not eternally. This is because there is no such thing as a perfect leader. No ruler leads in perfect fairness and so no ruler will rule forever.   

So you might ask, “So what’s the point? If achieving the stated reward is unattainable, then why even have this proverb within the word of God?”

I’ll give you two reasons:

1. It gives leaders something to aspire to.

The Lord expects the poor to be cared for with caring and compassion. There is little doubt that He is a strong advocate for the underprivileged. With this, the Lord expects anyone who He blesses with the opportunity to rule to do so in accordance with His will and way, a will and way that will always expect the poor to be cared for fairly. Seek the Lord and His direction as a leader and He will always lead you to do the right thing. He will also allow you to continue to rule His people for as long as you remain obedient to His expectations.

2. We realize that the Lord is the only perfect Ruler.

No worldly ruler is perfectly fair but the Lord God Almighty is. That’s why He is the Lord of lords and King of kings, the one true Ruler and Leader of all mankind. His throne and His throne alone will be established forever.

Friends, on this Sunday, our day of worship, let us give all our praise and honor and glory to the Ruler of everything in heaven and on earth. For He always judges us with fairness, granting us grace and mercy where we deserve destruction and wrath while taking us from the poor impoverished sinful states we’re in and saving us through His Son Jesus Christ.

Do you know your King whose throne has, is, and will always endure forever?

It’s not too late to submit to Him and receive your portion of eternity where one day you will live with Him forever and continue to enjoy the abundant fruits of His reign.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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