2 Chronicles 19:4-7 (ESV Strong's)
Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people, from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers. He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord. He is with you in giving judgment. Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking bribes.”
Subject: Leadership and Justice
God establishes rulers and judges among us. We are commanded in 1 Timothy 3 and in Romans to pray for leaders. Leaders are held to a high standard by God ... whether they are believers or not. In the above passage we see an example of this truth being drawn out by Jehoshaphat, the King of Judah. The key in the above passage is: Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord.". These judges the king was putting into place had a morale and spiritual obligation to judge "for" God. Today we have leaders and judges who stand for themselves. Or, they judge for some political agenda. What we have here is a formula for leadership in making judgments over man. The king states, "There is no injustice with the Lord our God." We don't have a choice in our judgements. God is the standard. Every leader who must make a judgement about the men in their charge must bow to this standard.
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