I must admit that I have never understood the
obsession underlying power. Personally,
it has always made me quite nervous to be in the company of those who wield the
kind of strength of presidents, governors, and other influential positions. Those who lead bear a considerable weight of
responsibility for the well-being of others.
It is an inherently-unselfish calling.
The fly in the ointment of the democratic system of choosing leaders who
are perceived as strong-enough to do well, is that politics is a magnet for the
best and worst of motives.
In an article[1] reflecting on the
state of world affairs, published earlier this year by Princeton University
professor, Jonathan Gold, calling for (at a minimum) mandatory psychological
testing of candidates for public office, Gold trotted out the elephant in the
rebel room, concerning the two most powerful leaders who should never have been
elected by sane people:
At the extreme end of the scale are the symptoms
associated with anti-social
personality disorder (ASPD), which ought to be out of bounds for
an elected official but read to the untrained like a character description of
Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin.
This devotional blog is not a blatant political
tool, rather a purveyor of Godly advice from the Scriptures. What Solomon said about God’s guidance as the
life-giving need for any nation, is precisely what leaders Putin and Trump
ignore, in favor of ascribing all knowledge and power to their own
imaginations. It is often quoted that
power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. And if that is true, it removes (by
definition) any hope of governance without corruption; the lone exemption is
the one, true, living God.
For You Today
There are about 2,000 devotional
posts and 400 sermons in the Rocky Road Devotions
library. To dig deeper on
today’s topic, explore some of these:
Stubborn to the Bitter End and Without Vision Nations Crumble
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