A Kingdom must have a King
We have been made in the image of God: He is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.
We are spirit, soul and body…and within each of us there is place where someone rules. Who rules in the kingdom of Mansoul?
(We have often pictured it as a throne in our hearts….Who sits there?)
Psalm 24:9-10 “Lift up, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.
Matthew 6:10 “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”
A King rules…..that is His job. He is at the head of His army….He is directing circumstances for His kingdom,……He is commanding His people. That is what a King does.
He does it according to His due order, and for the good of the Kingdom and His people.
The Lord Jesus Christ is King…..is He our King?
In the beginning, Adam was put under a trial of his faith to God.
Yes, the devil’s wiles, and the temptation through Eve, was part of the trial….but, it came down to: who was Adam going to choose, to rule his life…..himself, or God?
And for each of his decedents, it is the same choice: who will we choose to rule us?
The natural man never chooses God….
Psalm 10:4 “The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.”
Romans 8:7-8 “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
So then they that are in the flesh shall not please God.”
The natural man fights against Him in his life, everyday. This man may be religious, go to church, or do charitable works…..but it is always them doing it, their way of doing it, and for their own praise.
But the born again man, will…..by the Holy Spirit within,….be lead into a Narrow Way,…..where trials and choices, will bring us to give our whole life over to the Lord, as King.
Psalm 11:4-5 “The Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.
The Lord trieth the righteous:….”
If we have faith in the Lord,…..it must be tried….to strengthen it and prove to us that it is real. For faith digs in and holds on to God….faith moves us ever closer to the Lord;…..for the object of real faith is God.
We call this life: A life open to and receptive to Him, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Because we must open up our life in so many areas…..today it may be here, in our guidance.
And tomorrow, or next week, it will be in some other area,….in our friends, and family.
Next, it will be in the area of our health, our finances, our time….and it is amazing how many area’s of our life, we have never really given over to Him….
(I know this was the case with me….until He tried me there, then He said, “Is this Mine?”)
But we must “open to Him”……for we have a tendency to “close Him off” from things in our minds, and affections.
Though in the main stream, we will do His Will,…..yet our eyes look elsewhere, our minds think other plans, and our hearts can yearn after other things.
Matthew 6:10 “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”
“Thy kingdom come.” Full stop. It is a statement all on it’s own. One which we are to pray for.
Christ’s kingdom will come one day on earth…..and we are to pray for it.
(Revelation 11:15)
But this whole prayer Jesus taught, is practical…..it is for His people, for today. In fact, it stresses the day….this day…
…..the praise and honor for the Father,
….the provision, physically and spiritually for today,
….the forgiving of our sins, and our forgiving others for today,
….the prayer for His keeping us from evil,….today,
….the reason we can pray for these things….because He is King of His kingdom, now….with power and glory….for ever.
So the prayer for His kingdom to come, is for today…..”in earth”…..in us.
We are to be expressions of His kingdom, here, today……because His kingdom has come with in us…..and He reigns as King of my life….remember, a life open to Him,……and receptive to Him, in all that He says.
Luke 11:2-4 “And He said unto them, When ye pray, say,
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(Let me honor Your name and character)
Thy kingdom come. (In me and let it be shown by me to the sphere of my influence, today.)
Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
(With the joy that all the angels do Your will, let me do it….in me and by me)
Give us day by day, our daily bread.
(Supply my needs, spiritually, and physically)
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us.
(Forgive me, Lord, for my sins this day. And as You have forgiven me, I forgive everyone who has injured and sinned against me.)
And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.”
(Help me, Lord, to know the Way to go, this day….keep my steps from slipping, and me from falling….for their is so much to trip me in my walk.)
He calls us to have a life open to and receptive to Him…..will we?
When Jesus is our King, we are always behind Him….protected in His guidance,…..and He is always in us….helping us, cheering us,….and calming our minds….for He is always in charge, where I am concerned.
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