There have been some who have been having “No Kings!” protests and I know that their purpose is primarily because they are protesting President Trump and all that he stands for. However, we DO have a King and His name is Jesus. He was sent by God to live among us, to die for us and to ultimately rise for us. In John 3:16, it states, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
God has loved us, throughout time, so much so that He sent His Son to be with us. Two thousand years ago, Jesus lived and walked and taught and shared and healed and showed us what it meant to be the One King that we so desire, now, to learn more about. We understand now that He lives in our hearts, and He walks with us in our struggles, and He teaches us how to love others, and He shares His Gospel with us through the Bible, and He heals us in our hearts and minds and bodies and He continually shows us that He is forever and ever the greatest King who has ever and will ever walk the Earth. There is NO ONE greater than Him!
Know this, we CANNOT come to the Father by ourself or through our own actions but we can only get to Him through His Son, Jesus. We MUST renounce everything that is evil in this world and within our own lives. We must first seek His Kingdom and His Glory. God gives us Grace and Mercy even though we don’t deserve it because of our sinful nature, yet God still made a way to Him because of His love for us. We can’t buy it through good works but we can give Him our hearts and do what we can in this life to bring others to Him. (Related post: Jehovah: Name of God)
What did I learn from this? I am a sinful person, but He has made me clean. I am ugly but He has made me beautiful. I am weak but He has made me strong. I am ashamed and He has made me whole. I am not worthy yet He loves me anyway. Everything that I do, I do for Him. It is only THROUGH Him that I am a better person. (Related post: The Faith of a Mustard Seed)
What can you gain from this? Go and look in the mirror. Ask yourself if you truly like the person that you see. Ask yourself if God likes that person. If your answer is “No” to any or even both of those questions, then humble yourself before God in THIS life, because for sure, the judgement will come in the next one. No one can escape it. I don’t think that you would want to wait until then to make up your mind about where your priorities are because by then…. it’s too late. (Related post: Why is it SO difficult to have faith, when we are faced with SO many things to fear?)
A Joyful Mission 