Tired of Leadership?

People everywhere complain about leadership. It doesn't matter if it's a boss at work or the President of the United States, people always seem to be dissatisfied with those in charge. I know that we don't always agree with our leaders. Many times we are even opposed to what they stand for. We've all seen the posts on our social media feeds when the leader we didn't want gets elected to office. "God's still on the throne" they all say. What does that even mean anyways? Let's explore that thought.

Today in one of my classes we began going through the book of Daniel. The class had nothing to do with leadership, but something spawned a thought. I was placed in a group to talk about Chapter 4. Have you ever seen the Emperor's New Groove? It's a G rated Disney film about a selfish emperor being turned into an animal to learn a lesson in humility. I doubt Disney knew it but their story is extremely similar to a Bible story. Daniel 4 is about Nebuchadnezzar's second dream. In this second dream he sees a huge tree that stretched up into the sky. All sorts of animals took shade under it, and birds lived in it's branches. The tree produced fruit that fed all the beasts that took residence there. Then one day, a watcher came from heaven and commanded that the tree be cut down to a stump. It was cut down and the stump was all that remained. No animals lived there anymore. No birds, no fruit, no life left.

What did it mean? Nebuchadnezzar called Daniel and asked him to interpret his dream for him. Daniel told him that he was the tree that would be cut down. He would be chased out by men and would eat grass like a beast. I'm sure he brushed that off. It was just a dream right? The Bible says that in the twelfth month of the year, Nebuchadnezzar looked at all he had and gloried within himself of all his great works. Then God smote him with madness. He was chased out of the city and began to eat grass like an animal! What God said was true. His pride caught up with him. Finally he came to himself and realized that God was almighty and could do all things. God was "on the throne" and Nebuchadnezzar was just a man. He confessed this to God and God restored him to his throne.

So you see. God is in control. No matter who your boss is or who the president is, no matter who your parents are or who your landlord is, God is God. He is head over all. He can cast down the mighty and set up the righteous. We are all in His great hands! Do not worry Christian; God will take care of you!