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Discipleship Focus: King
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
Is there
any better day to talk about God as King besides December 25? This is the day we celebrate the coming of
our Lord. This is the day we commemorate
God’s plan of salvation taking literal shape.
So today we’ll talk about God as king, which isn’t hard to do.
I love
the story of Elijah and the prophets. In
this story it is easy to see God as King.
The prophets of Ba’al cannot get their altar to light regardless of how
much they pray, how much the plead, how much they worship, and how much they
cut themselves. But Elijah dumps all
kinds of water all over the altar to God and holy fire consumes it. That’s what being the king of the universe
can do. The king of the universe can
prevent normal fire from occurring while at the same time providing enough fir
to consume soaked wood and a soaked sacrifice enough so that the wood,
sacrifice, and even the water is consumed!
God has dominion over the universe and its governing laws.
As King,
God’s word is true. In the last chapter
we talked about how God promised there would be no rain and then sends Elijah
away. Today we discover that Elijah was
away for three years! God is a God of
His word as a king should be. But to demonstrate
His kingship, God has Elijah return. On
the day Elijah returns, rain gathers and falls from the sky. Again we see that God commands the universe. The universe obeys the will of the King.
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