Psalm 72:5-7 ESV
[5] May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations! [6] May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth! [7] In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.72.5-7.ESV
As Solomon prays for Israel, so these words apply to all who live by faith, trusting in the Lord and fear His name, “while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.” (Psalm 72:5)
So we are to pray for our nation and its leadership; our President, vice President, Congress, Supreme Court, governors, mayors, and all officials, elected or appointed.
As we pray for our leadership and hold them accountable, we are being faithful and obedient citizens, of both this earthly kingdom and the Kingdom of God. We are temporary citizens in this physical realm, but we are citizens of God’s eternal Kingdom as well.
Our nation will flourish as we seek His Kingdom and His righteousness, while praying for this land, this earthly place of our existence.
This is how we flourish, as both a nation, and as individuals, living in this world, but knowing that we are not of this world, which is perishing every day.
When we, the righteous, seek His Kingdom and His righteousness, we will flourish like Palm trees, like the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalm 92:12-15 ESV
[12] The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. [13] They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. [14] They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, [15] to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.92.12-15.ESV
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