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The Word of God applies equally to people everywhere at all times — God will bless any nation that will do what He says. But our Founding Fathers said Proverbs 29:2, which reads, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn,” has a different meaning in America than in other nations. Why is that?

Because over 200 years ago in America, we were the first nation in 2,000 years where the people were able to choose whether the righteous would rule or the wicked would rule. The founders considered our government a “stewardship government.”

Other countries were ruled by a king who was born into that leadership position. If he was righteous, the people were blessed. If he was wicked, the people suffered. They didn’t get to choose their leaders. But God gave Americans this government with the opportunity and the responsibility to choose godly leaders. And we will have to answer for what we do with that responsibility.

John Jay, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court stated, “The Americans are the first people whom Heaven has favored with an opportunity of deliberating upon and choosing the forms of government under which they should live. Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.”

Content sourced from Dave Barton, founder of WallBuilders, a pro-family organization which seeks to educate grassroots society to rebuild America’s constitutional, moral and religious foundations - as seen in Kenneth Copeland Ministries “Believer’s Voice of VICTORY” magazine