My King

 

I love hearing people refer to Jesus at their King.
  this is surprisingly new to me, to actually really hear. and it makes my heart smile. a lot.

and today, as I received a tweet that someone posted, to their King, I happened to be listening to a beautiful song by rend collective called alabaster. and there are trumpets and other instruments in the song, and it sounded so Kingly and Royal…and the words were saying

”I will bow my life At Your feet
At Your feet My lips So lost for words
Will kiss Your feet Kiss Your feet.”

the idea of bowing down to someone, and kissing their feet struck me and got me thinking. of the old days, with Kings and Queens how servants and peasants and all people had to bow down, and i thought of the lady in the bible who poured perfume on Jesus’ feet and I believe she kissed His feet too. Which His feet would have been dirty! But i just got this incredibly beautiful image and desire in my head. to bow before my King and to kiss His feet. To show my humility and my servanthood to Him. To honor Him. To be in awe of Him.

We have the greatest King whom has ever lived. and May we continue to have moments when we see Him as our King, for that is who He is. and May we bow down before Him, and kiss His feet. In adoration and humility and service.

i love devotionals

 

I was blessed yesterday for Valentine’s Day, in numerous ways! But one way, was that I was given a devotional book by wonderful godly woman! and This morning when I read what today’s devotional was, it was exactly what I needed to hear. so I thought I would share it. It is written as if it were God speaking directly to you.

“Come to me with all your weaknesses: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Rest in  the comfort of My Presence, remembering that nothing is impossible with Me.
Pry your mind away from your problems  so you can focus your attention on Me. Recall that I am able to do immeasurably more than all you ask or imagine. Instead of trying to direct me to do this and that, seek to attune yourself to what I am already doing.
When anxiety attemps to wedge its way into your thoughts, remind yourself that I am your Shepherd. The bottom line is that I am taking care of you; therefore, you needn’t be afraid of anything. Rather than trying to maintain control over your life, abandon yourself to My will. Though this may feel frightening—even dangerous, the safest place to be is in My Will.”

Luke 1:37
“For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Ephesians 3:20-21
”Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

Psalm 23:1-4
”The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me. “

writing gets me fired up

 

“…whatever you do…do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus…” Colossians 3:17

If you are working, work hard, give it your all.
Obey rules and leaders and bosses as if your obeying Christ’s commands and laws.
If your serving, serve as if it is the Lord Jesus in front of you.
Respect people, as if it is Jesus you are respecting.
Speak to people, as you would want to spoken to.
Honor people, as if it is God you are honoring…
           by all of these things, God is highly exalted and honored and glorified IN YOU.

We have no right to look down on anyone, to not love someone, to disrespect someone, to disobey those in leadership over us, to put people down….we are no better or greater than anyone.
“Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but Christ is all and in all.” (Colossians 3:11)
We have a standard, as children of God and heirs with Christ to live by. We MUST, i repeat, MUST be holy as Christ is Holy.
“…he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct…’You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” (1 Peter 1:15-16)
We MUST live godly lives, bringing glory to God in all we say and do and we must love Jesus and worship Him with our lives…heart, mind, soul, and strength. We need to each day, take our call to be holy, seriously and ask the Holy Spirit to help us and to continue to sanctify us so that we can be holy. We must check ourselves, hourly, maybe more sometimes. We must be open and obedient to the Spirit’s convictions and rebukes and urgings in our lives. If we are to be holy, we MUST take up our cross daily, and deny ourselves and follow Christ.

Forsake all your freaks, reputation, insecurities, unbelief, doubt, selfish thoughts and ambitions, dreams, desires, passions, cares, frustrations…and the list could go on. Just do what God has told you to do. plain and simple.
You are FREE from your past, free from the sin that entangles you, free dome condemnation, free from judgment of the world…so STOP living bound, because you are not. You are FREE.
In Christ, your chains are gone, so start living in His victory and forsake yourself.

This life is not about your and if you are comfortable. God is sanctifying you, (never comfortable!), be okay and willing to endure pain, turmoil, for Christ endured more than you can imagine. Be okay to be rebuked and challenged. Stop being stubborn, it’s not a godly trait.
God does not want you to stay where you are, that’s why we go through sanctification.
REMEMBER, that you are to be holy. Every ounce of you. For God’s glory.

get it. grasp it. understand it. live it.

“…and He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who for their sake died and was raised.”
2 Corinthians 5:15