The One Year Bible - Day 178

Joash was 7 years old when he became king! We read again today about the relationship between the king and the priest. In this case, the priest had to instigate revolution in order to bring back the kingdom of Judah to God. He did this despite the fact he was not the king. I wonder what this means for the Christian today. Is the king a bit like the pastor and the priest is like a prophet? Does this imply that we need to ensure that we have people who can challenge us and even perform certain duties in order for us to perform ours? If we are leaders, do we surround ourselves with "yes men" or with people whose spirituality we recognise and respect, even when they disagree with us?