The Scepter
Posted on November 14th, 2026 by RacheatPsalm 45:6 NLT Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.
God rules in the highest heaven, and His Kingship stretches over all realms - the heavens and the earth.
His Kingdom is an everlasting one and His kinship transcends all.
He brings His purpose to pass through the extension of His authority on earth - the authorities He has enthroned on earth. He passes through men to bless His people as well as pass judgement on them when they refuse to repent after several warnings.
Lately, I believe the Lord was teaching me and I was discovering the different levels of kingship and their authorities and how they affect the lives of people.
Nations and kingdoms are majorly shaped to a large extent by these categories of people and I could understand the reason why God warned His people what they were getting themselves into when they demanded a king.
The demand for a king by the people through the elders of Isreal came as a result of the actions of the children of Samuel who were supposed to lead the people after Samuel passed on. Their father Samuel had made them (Joel and Abijah) judges, and they rendered judgement at Beersheba. Scriptures tells us that these young men were wicked, selfish and were only interested in what comes to them, so they perverted justice. (1 Samuel 8:3 NIV).
These two young men who were supposed to serve the people went about exploiting them. They cared for what they could gain, and cared little about rendering justice to the people. Their action were easily influenced by money.
As a result of the attitudes of the young men the elders of Isreal came together to ask Samuel who was leader then for a king, thus rejecting the leadership of the children of Samuel.
Samuel wasn't happy and so brought the matter before the Lord but the Lord as we can see from this Scriptures is the greatest of all authority. He never forces Himself on any but rather allowed His people to choose who they want to lead them!
Hear the conversation that ensured between Samuel and the Lord when the people insisted on their having a king: 1 Samuel 8:6-9,19,21-22 (NIV).
The people:
“Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
The LORD: And the LORD told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
The people:
But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us."
When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD.
The LORD:
The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”
It was clear Samuel wasn't happy that the people took this line of action and neither was the LORD, but the people didn't want to go the path Samuel's children were taking them so they thought a king was better.
In the course of time they realised they made a mistake because they cried to God for help when they were made to serve very hard labour as God had warned them, but because God is a patient God, He still came to their rescue by interverning in their situations.
God therefore searched for someone that could make the burden of His people lighter. Someone that would render true justice and would carry out His will and purpose.
He found this in a man called David, who would not allow a lion or bear destroy or kill his sheep.
Just like God would not allow even one of His left to wander off, and went looking for it, David would not for self preservation allow a sheep in his flock to be destroyed. So he went after any bear or lion that came for his sheep and rescued it from the mouth of the attacking animal.
God said of David, he is a man after my heart! There are many there who would rather destroy others for self preservation and self promotion - the spirit of Absolom. (2 Samuel 15:1 NLT).
David, the bible told us was working in the field, and his father didn't even consider him king material because he never thought of presenting him as one of his sons. His father passed over him but because he was the one God had chosen (God look at the heart), they had to wait for him to be fetched from the field where he laboured, Scriptures says.
The Scepter, which is the symbol of the authority of a leader is to be weirded in wisdom. For kingship comes from God.
No one comes to the throne without God allowing it even though most people think otherwise. God does as He pleases, though His patience runs long. (Daniel 4: 34 - 35; Isaiah 46:9 - 10).
Though the Scepter comes from God, when a leader is on the throne, what he/she does whilst there is up to them, but yet God holds them accountable.
My prayers for everyone God has given authority to rule over nations, people, tribes, congregation etc., is that the LORD give you wisdom, insight and surround you with people who will truly support and care for the people enough to give you the advise you need to succeed in your time.
Samuel was a great leader, yet because of his sons, the people took a line of action that changed the trajectory and the style of leadership in Isreal.
At the end of the day, we realise the people who truly matter to God, should matter to leaders so their thrones can be established.
God bless as you recognize that He holds you responsible for your decisions as you go about the call for service.
Peace!
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