Goals are deceptive. The unaimed arrow never misses.

I have a friend from my class who often expresses his deep-felt fear whenever a religious person is in a position of power;

"Anyone who believes they have the endorsement of God will believe anything they do will be God's will, and can justify anything."

The thing is, he's quite often right. I'm sure we can all think of examples where someone invoked the name of a higher power in order to justify their words or actions.

But that's not what I think of when I think of someone who looks to God for guidance is in a power of authority. Being put in a position of power, by God or otherwise, doesn't give one the right to do whatever they want, but it does give them the responsibility to do the right thing. This means that someone who includes God in this must constantly answer to God. Just because God put them there, doesn't mean God is giving them permission to do whatever they want, it does mean that there is God they have to answer to at the end of the day, though; and one can't hide their hearts from God.

Think of the story of David and Bathsheba (I think that's her name, something like that.) David was beloved of God, God's chosen King and anointed by the prophet, Samuel. David, Ancestor of the Christ, his life, although lived many generations earlier, is a mirror of Christ's life. Yet when he committed adultery with a married woman and then organised that woman's husband to be killed when he realised he would not be able to hide Bathsheba's resulting pregnancy from her husband. This was all during his reign as King. Because he was King, he could've gotten away with it, if he was just being held accountable by the people he ruled, but Samuel confronted David; God was very angry at him. David confessed, repented, and begged forgiveness, but he still had to pay a harsh price for his sin.