Government

“For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king; he will save us.” Isaiah 33:22

What an interesting snippet of Scripture.  And it really hits home for me.  There are four quick statements here about the Lord.  He is judge, lawgiver, king, and savior.  Why do I find it so interesting?

Think about it.  Isaiah here is describing a government.  What does the government do? Give laws, enforce the laws (judge the lawbreaker), rule over us (be our king).  The frightening aspect of this passage is the fact that most of us are far too willing to allow the government –any government – to be our savior.

As we here in the United States move away from being a somewhat religious society full steam into a purely secular society, we still expect to have a savior.  Government. Politics aside, it is sad.  We want our government to give laws, enforce them, rule over us, and save us.  And no matter what kind of government we have, nor what their political propensities may be, nor how secular we may become, we will still bow down and worship a savior.

I don’t really care what your political leanings may be, nor do I have much of a desire to preach on my political leanings; frankly for the most part, secular politics bore me.

But….

The passage from Isaiah points to the government that needs to be inaugurated in our hearts.  It is the Lord’s government.  It is he that will ultimately judge each and every one of us; it is he that has given us the laws by we are to order our lives by, it is he that has laid claim to our hearts as King, and it is he, and only he that will save us.  No one else and nothing else will ever be able to lay such claims in the ultimate sense.

So…who do you wish to be governed by?