"Let Earth Receive Her King"
One of the verses in “Joy to
the World” says- “Let earth receive her
King.” When Jesus walked on this earth many thought that He was going to
set up His earthly kingdom at that time. In fact, most of His disciples and the
Pharisees thought that He would .(See Luke
17: 20-24) But His kingdom was and is not of this world (John 18:36). I was just reminded of
this recently when I recalled the words of this song. We must let earth—receive
Him as King- our “earth” meaning our lives. We are earthly- but we receive His
spirit when we come to Him and allow Him to fill us with His Spirit. Sad to
say, many Christians accept Him as their Savior- saving them from hell- in the
future—but they don’t receive Him as their King.
The word tells us that the
“kingdom of God” is within us (Luke
17:21). Now where there is a kingdom there has to be a King. And in our
case- it is Jesus Christ. We must allow Him to rule and reign in our lives. He
won’t come in as a dictator or a puppeteer. He will come in as king only if we
give Him permission to do so. This is why many Christians find themselves in
trouble today. They have never really made Him King in their lives. They just
like Him as an “add-on”. Today maybe the better term would be an “App.”. We
have Apps for everything and so do some “Christians”. They use Jesus as an App.
- only acknowledging Him when they need something, when they get into trouble.
We, as Christians, need to
truly receive our King- Jesus Christ. When we allow Him to sit on the throne of
our kingdom, when we boot out old Satan- who once was the king of our kingdom-
boot out the old sin nature- and allow Him to take His rightful place as King-
we will find ourselves to be so much more at peace and have the mind of the
Lord. As we submit our wills and our lives to His kingship- that is where
amazing things begin to happen in our lives. We will find we walk in the Spirit and are not indulging in the lusts of the flesh; we will produce fruits unto righteousness and we will find that power and authority to live holy and godly lives. (See Galatians 5:16-25)
So this Christmas- have you
received Him as King? Have you allowed Him full entrance into your throne room?
Or do you still have some of the old “kings” ruling and reigning in Christ’s
place- the works of the flesh and our own stubborn will to name a few? If you
haven’t- why don’t you allow Him to enter in your throne room with His full
majesty and power? You will be totally amazed at the change that He will
produce in you.
Have you received Jesus
as your King?
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