Hello Everyone
This is our King, King Jesus. In the galleries of life, we find the portraits of many a king who claimed their thrones as ruling earthy lords, walking on their own streets of gold where their feet never touched the dirt of the common lands. They ruled from their vaulted chambers, shielded from the real world, and only hearing at a distance about the lives of their subjects. Positioned in power, dripping in riches, their coffers were sealed, and their golden coins of wealth never benefited the impoverished and the defenceless. With their kingdom doors ultimately closed to the realities that fell upon the everyday streets of life, these kings lived behind their royal cloaks of protection and never looked into the eyes of the broken, the lost or the marginalised. BUT … there is grand gallery found in Kingdom courts of God that boasts a living portrait of a King supreme; a magnificent, eternal monarch who is royal and rules but also resides and remains with His subjects. He is not just any king. This is our King, King Jesus. John 10:10-18.
This is our King, King Jesus, who put aside His glory, crossed the threshold of heaven and earth and came to live in the confines of the earth. It is virtually impossible to really understand what it meant for Jesus to exchange His Kingly garments for an earthly tunic, put on His sandals and walk in all the dust and dirt of the broken world. He would have smelt the stench of sin in the world He made; His beautiful creation that was originally intended to be a fragrant expression of His handiwork. Jesus sacrificially served His subjects, as He loved His enemies, bought the outcasts in close, touched the untouchable, dignified the unlovely and loved the unlovable (that’s all of us by the way). This is our King, King Jesus. This King, Jesus was brutalised without retaliating, spat upon, heard all the vitriol poured out as He was moving towards an unimaginable death for every human; yet He was always the supreme King of the universe. In His resurrection, He opened the gate of salvation to the lost. In what world would you see an earthly king treated like King Jesus was treated? Why? Because this King could not bear to leave His creation in such devastation and because He loved unconditionally.
Today, this is our King, King Jesus, who gives us a royal robe to wear, places a crown of His glory upon our heads, lifts us up from the squalors of sin and failure and gazes deeply into the eyes of our souls and declares “I love you no matter what.” This is our King, King Jesus who forgives the unforgivable, sits at our tables, walks in our streets, bears with us in the grime of our lives and beautifully polishes up His marred image in us. He holds our hands tightly, He weeps with us, whispers His words of love, lifts us up close, places His cheek against ours and listens to our deepest desires, our innermost heartaches and He hears the heartbeat of our beings. He makes a move of love on us every single moment and reminds us who(se) we are. Do you know of any other king like that?
This is our King, King Jesus. Doesn’t this just make you want to bow before Him, place your crown at His feet and then jump up, throw your arms around His neck, weep upon His breast, thank Him and tell Him how much you love Him? This is our King; King Jesus – unmatched, unparalleled, and ever-present.
So, friends, get your “King Jesus” on today.
Best days to come.
Wen