(Prov 25:3) The heart of kings is unsearchable.
In our day, when we speak of “kings”, we can substitute the word “leaders”, as in President, Senator, Congressman, County Commissioner, School Superintendent, etc. This verse applies to bad leaders as well as good. It means we should recognize the given authority of leaders (i.e. obey as necessary) without having to know the leader’s inward motivation. Whatever is his motivation we cannot get to it, it is unsearchable.
Is it then a waste of time to wonder why the present leader does the things he does? Is not it more effective to proceed by presenting our just causes, with their rationale, to the leader and his advisers, and pray God to get it to their hearts? Do we actually do that? Do we write letters? Do we make phone calls? Do we respond to surveys?
If we take away all the present leader’s bad advisors will he be established in righteousness? How do we keep the present leader from filling those posts again with other bad advisers? We can pray that God will place righteous advisors. We can pray God that he will show us how we can strip out the bed ones in replace them with good ones. What are those positions? Who is there now and who should be placed there? Does this country deserve a good righteous government, or do we deserve the one we have? We must believe and act on how we can change the heart of the nation. Leader by leader, voter by voter, citizen by citizen.
