King

King
by Heather Collver

It's easy to say... He's the King of my life, King of my heart, King of my soul. But is it actually true? Can I really treat God as my King?

If God is truly my King, I must be willing to submit to him at all times. If he is the King of my life, then every aspect of my life is truly His to do what ever he pleases and I need to be willing to honor him and love him no matter what. Reality is that many times we can say He is our King until it gets personal.

But a King is truly someone who is appointed to Rule over a certain group of people until that king dies. If God is the King of Kings and truly a living God (which I have witnessed his mighty power in my lifetime, so I know he is a living God) then we must be willing to be ruled by him. To be governed by his rules and submit to his authority. Easier said than done. Where is our fear? If we speed, we know there is a possibility that the cop around the corner will catch us and fine us. But it is different with God. We cannot see Him, so it is harder to actually know what our fines are.

God is a loving God, I know all about the promise of grace and mercy. I know that we have the ability to be forgiven of our sins and that God is ready and willing to do so when we humble ourselves before him and admit to wrongdoing. But what does it look like when God is our King?

I hope to be able to define it this week. There are many things going on in our household right now that has made it a bit of a struggle to sit down and prepare the devotionals every other week. Would you please pray with me this week, that I will be able to find some alone time with my King to be able to prepare his Word for you? I want to thank you in advance for your prayers, I am desperate for that time with him this week and look forward to what he has in store for us.

Dear Lord (my King) I ask that you bless this week for all of us. I know that it seems quite chaotic looking at the schedule and I really don't know how we are going to get it all done, but I know that you are my number one priority and I long for some one on one with you. Speak to me so that I can have the words to teach this week. Will you be honored through this devotional this week and through our lives as we long to submit to you. I praise you for walking us through this deep valley in our lives, thank you for protecting us from harm, please continue to heal me. Amen.