Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding. Those who stammer will speak out plainly (Isaiah 32:4).
The issue of poor rulers is not the only thing that affects our
sense of right or wrong. There are people around us with disabilities
and inabilities. Some are blind, others stammer and yet others have
mental impairments. When we meet such a person, or know one, we might
feel that life is unfair and even wonder why God allows it.
The writers of the Bible clearly thought this was an abnormality
that was not in keeping with God's plan for complete perfection. The
prophets refused to despair. They argued that if things were not like
they were supposed to be, God would intervene in His time and put
everything right. That's why they dreamt of a golden age in the future
where there would be peace, a good government, prosperity rather than
poverty on earth, and that physically, all people would be perfect. God
would make all these things happen when He came to rule over the
universe as the one sovereign, unquestionable King.
It might
sound like wishful thinking to talk about a perfect world. Don't be too
quick to brush aside this thought. Jesus Christ taught us to pray for
it: "Let Your Kingdom come! Let Your will be done on earth as it is in
heaven." Dreaming and praying about it awakens hope in our hearts. And
when we hope for it, we declare that God will make these things happen
on earth one day. We hope and pray that He will.
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