It is the heart of every king (president, pharoah, prime minister, higher powers, etc...) which is in His hads as channels of waters, to conture at His desire. It is God who measures out (ponders, arranges, levels, equalizes) their heart to do His will (whatever that will might be), seeing that every authority has been put in place by Him (Romans 13), and one day, all these ordained authorities will be rendered useless by Christ (1Cor 15:25), as He has been given even the authority which was asked for by those in the wildereness: the desire to have a human king to rule over them then God.
Without going to in dept, there are many examples of God using kings (those in authority) to do His will. One of the perfect examples of how God uses those he placed in authority is in Rev 17:17. So much are kings like puddy in God's hands, that those 10 kings, by God putting it in their hearts, handed over their kingdoms to the beast.
To this, I would have to say and agree with you Bookends, that God keeps those in authority under His direction, seeing that they are ordained by Him to be in that position.
Without going to in dept, there are many examples of God using kings (those in authority) to do His will. One of the perfect examples of how God uses those he placed in authority is in Rev 17:17. So much are kings like puddy in God's hands, that those 10 kings, by God putting it in their hearts, handed over their kingdoms to the beast.
To this, I would have to say and agree with you Bookends, that God keeps those in authority under His direction, seeing that they are ordained by Him to be in that position.
"The heart of the king is subject to God.
How much more ours."
If God has His way with kings, then why should it be a surprise if He has His way the rest of us?
I think this thread is starting to off coarse tho.