Some Christians find it hard to believe that God will anoint unsaved government and military leaders to do His will. But the Bible is clear about it: He has done it before and He will do it again.

In the Old Testament, when God wanted to destroy the false religion of Baal worship that had taken over Israel, He began the process by anointing the prophet Elijah. Under that anointing, Elijah proved the deity of God by calling down divine fire on the altar and single-handedly killing 450 prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18).

That was quite an accomplishment for a preacher!

But it took more than just a preacher to get the whole job done. So God told Elijah to anoint two other men to continue the work—Hazael, a heathen king of Syria, and Jehu, a ruthless military leader from Israel. Amazingly enough, Elijah didn’t even have to anoint those men personally. God dispersed His power to them through other prophets that Elijah had trained. And, eventually, Hazael and Jehu finished what Elijah had begun.

God is still working the same way today. He is calling His Church to pray and disperse His anointing just as Elijah did. He is calling us to disperse it to government officials, to military leaders and, of course, to those in places of spiritual authority.

As we do, God will inspire and empower those leaders to remove that which has hindered the preaching of the Gospel. He will use them to level mountains, fill valleys, and make a highway that Jesus can use to reach the nations. He will use them to open up a highway for our God. Jesus said it will happen and it will!

Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 9:1 – 13