Illuminate Day 10 - Seeing God by the Light of His Word

Day 10 - King

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Day 10 - King

'“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion."

"Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion”...

"Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.”

C.S Lewis, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

“Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.”

Psalm 24:10

“For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. The depths of the earth are in His hand, and the mountain peaks are His. The sea is His; and He made it, His hands formed the dry land. Come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For He is our God, we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today if you hear His voice: Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness where your fathers tested Me; they tried Me, though they had seen what I did.”

Psalm 95:3-9

God. Creator. Light. I AM. Perfect. God is King, a King who rules and reigns. And within His reign, we see even more of who He is.

In the movie Titanic, Jack Dawson, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, boards the world’s largest ship headed for the land of the free, a land full of promise and hope. As the ship begins its voyage, Jack and his friend race to the front of the boat. With excitement and anticipation for the land beyond, Jack thrusts his chest out with his arms open wide at his side, his head thrown back as the wind rushes over his body. And he exclaims, “I’m king of the world!” In that moment, he believed those words.

While I’m quieter about my reign, if I’m quite honest with you, I find myself believing like Jack Dawson.

I’ve stood at the top of the dish pile while screaming kids have swarmed my ankles, and in my exhaustion I’ve held onto my kingship rather than release my life to His daily reign and accept His rule which is perfect and His load which is light.

I’ve carried the weight of relationship conflict. I’ve determined I would find a way to fix it. I’ve read books and tried different tactics. I’ve held the reins of my own reign, only to find myself in a state of utter defeat and discouragement.

I’ve looked at the mountain of problems with no end in sight. I’ve listened to hopelessness whisper that they will never get better. I’ve gripped tighter to control the problems, insisting on ruling and reigning. All the while, I have a King who is everything I’m not, a King Who rules with justice and righteousness.

Why don’t I let my King reign in the daily duties all the time? In those ordinary moments of life? In the monumental ones?

I go back to the thought that I believe certain things in my head about God, but I don’t necessarily let those beliefs shape my actions. It’s time I begin the practice of remembering who He is.

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