Who’s on the Throne?

God is Holy. God is a King. He’s the King of kings and Lord of lords.

God wants us to be humble, sensitive
and yielded enough to hear His still
small voice prompting us to show His
Love to the stranger, the outcast, the
wounded and the forgotten.
“…Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers
of Mine, even the least of them, you
did it to Me.   Matthew 25:40

The true purpose of our Christian
walk is to freely lay down our lives
so God’s Love can pour through us
to others.
“Greater love has no one than this; that one lay down His Life for his friends.” John 15:13

Psalm 22:3 Yet thou art holy, O Thou who art enthroned upon the praises of
Israel.

What a beautiful revelation that is – when we realize that the throne
that God sits upon is the praises of His people.

God is Holy. God is a King. He’s the King of kings and Lord of lords. We do not make Him a King by praising Him, but we offer Him the throne, which is His due.

You see, Jesus said: “When two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst.” His presence in our midst is guaranteed. It depends upon His faithfulness, not our response. But when He comes in our midst – as the King of kings and the Lord of
lords – it’s very right and appropriate that we respond to Him as a King.
As a King, He merits a throne; nothing else becomes Him.
And it is our privilege to offer Him the throne. When we praise Him, when we exalt Him, when we sing praises and glorify His name and extol His majesty, then we are acknowledging His Kingship and we are responding in a way that is appropriate. We are offering Him a throne to sit upon – the throne of our praises.

Oh, let’s be careful that we respond to the Lord by giving Him His throne.
Here’s what is present when we kneel to pray in Jesus’ name:
1. God the Father on his throne sovereign over the universe, with a welcoming, countenance focused on us.

2. God the Son in his high priestly role, standing as advocate before the throne as a Lamb that was slain with perfect righteousness and with all God’s promises purchased fully in his hand interceding for us.

3. God the Spirit within us, having already inclined us to pray, poised to guide our prayers, put to death our sins, awaken our faith, illumine God’s word, and produce his fruit.

4. The word of God open before us, inspired by God, alive with penetrating power for conviction of sin and indomitable hope, revealing the Father, the Son, and the Spirit to our souls, shaping and guiding our prayers after God’s will.

5. Our sin forgiven, but humbling us to need and love our merciful saving God.

6. God’s grace like a great rainbow of hope arcing from the throne to our soul.

7. Our will captured by these realities, moving words (or only groans) up out of our mind (or only heart) to God with praise and thanks and confession and requests

So often we look elsewhere for meaning to our lives. We look to money, fame, or even alcohol to be the head of our lives. God is the head! God gives us all! He loves is so unconditionally and wants to be our father. He is the one we can call daddy.

Revelation 3: 21 To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Keep our eyes on Jesus!
Trials will always come. Remember that we are working for our Lord Jesus and evangelizing for Him alone.
We will glorify Him and win souls for Him. Don’t be distracted. This life will pass in a twinkling of an eye but God’s glory is forever.
There is a door which we must open – ‘Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone opens the door, I will come in…’(Rev 3:20). Christ is waiting for you to open the door of your heart to Him. He waits with great patience. He keeps on knocking. He waits to hear your prayer: ‘Come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Come in today. Come in to stay’.

This must be your own prayer. No one else can pray this prayer for you. Open your heart to the Lord, and remember where your prayer really came from: ‘The Lord opened my heart…’(Acts 16:14). Open your heart to the Lord. He will open new doors: ‘a great door for effective work has opened to me’(1 Corinthians 16:19).

Phil.4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the PEACE of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Wow… peace that exceeds anything we can understand! That’s what I need. That’s what the world needs! May we bring that peace, that shalom, to a broken world in need of the life-changing message of Jesus!
Are we “ALL IN”?

May the Lord bless you
and protect you.
May the Lord smile on you
and be gracious to you.
May the Lord show you his favor
and give you his peace.
Num 6:24-26

Amen