Who do you want to be king? - NCCG.ORG Ning Network Archive 2008-10

Revelation 1:5 And from Yah'shua the Messiah, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

In 1865, Matthew Shiel came upon the Island of Redona while sailing the Caribbean and claimed it for his infant son, Felipe. Years later, he brought the boy to the island, and he was proclaimed King Felipe I. The new King appointed several of his friends as dukes and when he died one of these dukes became the new king, King Juan I. The funny thing is that the Kingdom of Redona was only 1 mile in length, and 1/2 mile in width and it was totally uninhabited. In reality, they were king of nobody!

It's easy to proclaim ourselves king. When we say, "It's my life -- I'll do whatever feels good to me -- I'll go wherever I want, say whatever I want, buy whatever I want, eat whatever I want, etc...", in essence by doing so, we are proclaiming ourselves king over our own lives. It might feel good for a little while, but soon enough our hearts and lives become empty -- as empty as the Island of Redona.

When we try to be king, we end up with nothing. Only He who gave us life, can really be King over it!

Let's allow Him to be King of our lives! Let's seek His Kingdom and His righteousness because there's too much work to be done to waste time building kingdoms like Redona!

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