GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE LAND

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In the pastor’s copy of the Lutheran Liturgy there are several forms of the general prayer. In some of them we pray for “the president of these United States, the members of congress, the governor of this state and for all legislatures and magistrates.” If the pastor is serving in Canada, he would pray for “Her Majesty the Queen of the British Commonwealth of Nations, the Governor-General and the Prime Minister of our Dominion …”

This is in accord with our Lord’s wishes, as He says through Paul, (1 Timothy 2:1-3) “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— 2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3This is good, and pleases God our Savior, “

 

While many make government an idol that is supposed to bring a heaven on earth (witness all the “isms” that have come and gone in the last century), our Lord teaches us to pray that government would be merely His servant. He calls on us to pray, not necessarily for a particular form of government, but that in whatever form it would especially leave us in peace to carry out our vocations quietly in godliness and holiness.

It is for this that we pray and it is for this that we in the United States of America particularly give thanks.

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