The Bulletproof George

At 23, George Washington already was a Colonel in the British Army.  At the battle of the Monongahela, he joined an intense battle against native Americans.  Fifteen years laters, the leader of those Washington fought against, felt it necessary to find Washington and relate to him an account of that day.  The Chief said," It was on the day when the white man's blood mixed with the streams of our forest that I first beheld this chief [Washington]...I called to my young men and said...Quick, let your aim be certain, and he dies. Our rifles were leveled, rifles which, but for you, knew not how to miss--'twas all in vain, a power mighter far than we, shielded you...I am come to pay homeage to the man who is the particular favorite of Heaven, and who can never die in battle."

The enemy choose to target the British officers.  Of 86 officers in the battle, 63 were causalities.  Washington was the only officer on horseback not shot down.  After the battle, Washington wrote his brother, "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet [I] escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!"

God places those in authority in their positions. Washington had a destiny yet to fulfill.

That's hard to remember sometimes when a leader doesn't do what we want.  Every leader is put into place by God with the possibility of doing what God asks in that position.  Leaders deserve our respect and honor unless they ask you to do things which disrespect and dishonor God.  Our first response to any leader should be to pray that they uphold their God given responsibilities.

I wonder what politics would look like if we began there.