In his book Engaging the Powers Walter Wink says that the powers of this world are fallen.
By this he means that they are corrupt.
I would say that the powers are undeveloped or unenlightened, crude, brutal, and ruthless.
They are captives of existential fears.
Fear of poverty, fear of failure, fear of challenge, fear of justice, fear of the masses, fear of loss, fear of death.....
"God has forsaken the Earth" they say.
"We are masters now."
But the powers are not gods.
They are human beings like you and I.
And they are prey to the same fears.
If they had faith they would know that God provides and they need not guard so jealously their wealth.
As if they never had enough.
So pray for them.
Pray that they will overcome their fears and open their hearts to their workers - their sons and daughters.
Only then will the world change.
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