One of my favorite verses in Proverbs 21 is verse 1:
1THE KING'S heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills.
"In the hand of" is the Hebrew word, "yad", which means: a hand (the open one - indicating power, means or direction). So the heart of the leaders is in the Lord's power and He will turn those hearts, in answer to our prayer, in a way that will benefit His people! At the Spoken Word Church, we pray that Godly plans of our leaders will succeed and that ungodly plans will fail and come to utter destruction! We also pray that God will promote the Godly and remove the ungodly from positions of authority!
Ephesians 4:12 says:
12His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church),
The ministry gifts that Jesus gave to the church, Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists and Pastor/Teachers (pastors who teach!) were given for the purpose of "perfecting", the Greek word, "katartismos", which means: complete furnishing or equipping, the saints (born again believers) for the WORK of the ministry! It is the job of the leaders to train the people and the job of the people to get out and take the Gospel to the world!
1 Chronicles 15 has another account of David dancing before the Lord as the Ark of the Covenant is returned. As we stated before, David was NOT naked, but was dressed as a priest and NOT as a king. That's what upset his wife so much! She evidently enjoyed the prestige of being the wife of a king and she was probably upset that David was not showing off! We'll hear the REAL story one day! Until then, we'll just meditate on the Word and let the Holy Spirit paint the picture! Don't you just LOVE the Word of God?
Shalom in Him!
