Let Earth Receive Her King!

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 I love this time of year and I especially love the old Christmas carols. One of my favorites is “Joy to The World”. The words are so relevant to today. If you really look at the verses of many of the old carols, you get the whole picture of why Jesus came to earth as a baby. Many of them take you from the prophecies of old up to the age of glory when Christ shall rule and reign on this earth.

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?
 
~Donna 
 (Originally posted 12/15/2014)
 

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