“Seek the welfare of the city where I have
sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its
behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.” (Jeremiah 29:7, nasb).
As Christians our citizenship is in
Heaven. Here we are exiles, and as
exiles we are to seek the peace and welfare wherever we live to the glory of
God.
We need to be careful in how we handle our responsibility and
stewardship of the country we live, we should pray, to vote, and to be involved
in caring for others around us.
For example, in many countries leaders are elected. In the US, UK, and Canada we are responsible
to elect those who lead, therefore, we are responsible for the character of
leadership, such as Senators, those who serve us in the House of
Representatives, the President or Prime Minister. We are not to sit idly by and let the people
of our country suffer because we are not concerned about politics. We are exiles here, and under God we are to
seek the peace and welfare of the country where we live.
Yes, the gospel is predominate and as “gospel people,” we are
to walk in good works by seeking the
welfare of our city, county, state, province, and country.
Ephesians 2:8-10, nasb, “For by grace you
have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the
gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one
may boast. For
we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”
(Recently my wife and I heard a message by
Dr. Michael Yousseff, pastor of a large church in Atlanta, on this same
theme. He is also the Director of
Leading the Way,an immigrant from Egypt, now a citizen of the US.)
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