Psalm 20 - "God's Law, Government, and Idolatry"

We are reminded in Psalm 20 that while secondary means are good, lawful, and even the normal way in which God operates, it is God alone who is to be trusted. Any allegiance to authorities or nations is secondary, and must be regulated by how those authorities and nations are honouring the Lord. A biblical view of the king keeps us from the idolatry of blind partisanship as well as from the escapism that assumes God isn't so concerned with the world He created. We may be so familiar with phrases like "Jesus is Lord of lords and King of kings" that we don't recognize that this means that Jesus is King over the kings of the earth. They must bend the knee and govern according to God's precepts; the only ultimate standard of goodness, truth, and beauty. And for those of us who are not rulers and kings, it is our duty to be diligent as we pray for their salvation and that their laws would honour the one and only living God.