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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.
I am
really struck by the end of Isaiah 59. For
the whole chapter long we hear about how God looks upon the sinfulness of
humanity and is ashamed. God sees how
human beings wallow in their sinfulness.
For the whole chapter, we hear about the disapproval of God upon how
human beings are living in His creation.
And then
we hear this great ending to this chapter.
God takes action! God rouses
Himself and comes to the rescue of humanity.
God takes care of our problem, probably because we’ve proven ourselves
completely inept to taking care of it ourselves. In fact, we are even told that God will send
us His own messenger to bring salvation!
This is a
king that we should worship. If we are going
to worship anything, why wouldn’t we worship a God who is capable of saving
us? If we are going to call something
King in our life, why wouldn’t we call upon a king who sees our issues and
takes care of it Himself? If we are
going to submit to the authority of anyone, why wouldn’t we submit to the one
who proves that even though we are not worthy He will come to us in our moment
of greatest need.
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