1. Ezra 1:1–3 (ESV)
  2. Application

God is sovereign over rulers

Ezra 1:1–3 (ESV)

1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

God is always sovereign over the rulers of the earth. Always. The good ones and the bad ones. The ones you voted for, the ones you did not vote for—God is sovereign over them. They are there by his appointment. And sometimes God gives people the rulers that they deserve by his sovereign appointment. It is all by the sovereign hand of God. There are no accidents.1

Brian Borgman