the heart of the king...

Jeremiah 25:8 Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: "Because you have not listened to my words, 9 I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon," declares the LORD, "and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy [a] them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin. 10 I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12 "But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians, [b] for their guilt," declares the LORD, "and will make it desolate forever. 13 I will bring upon that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."

amazing to me... God called Nebuchanezzar His servant... but after He calls him servant and after Nebuchanezzar does what God tells Him to do... then he gets punished for coming against God's people..

that sounds like a contradiction to me...

the bible says that God controls the heart of the king.. and in this scripture... it shows that is the truth... I tend to think of Nebuchanezzar as an evil man... an idol worshipper... he probably wouldn't have even known God if it were not for the miracles God did for the Hebrews like Daniel...

and yet he is a servant of the Most High God...

we worry too often about leadership... God controls their heart and whether they realize it or not... they will do whatever He turns their heart to do... all we are to do is to pray for their hearts to be led by God.. and trust God...

trust in the Lord... always... He alone is in control...