Jonathots Daily Blog
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I don’t like kings.
They give me the creeps. Too much pomp for the circumstance.
On the other hand, I like Jesus.
So imagine my surprise when I discover that the church wants me to call him a king.
Yes. Christ the King. Here’s my problem:
Kings live in castles. Jesus said, “Foxes have holes but the son of man has no place to lay his head.”
Kings always possess land. Jesus told us that “his kingdom was not of this world” and therefore couldn’t be measured in acres.
Generally speaking, being a king comes with a certain gaggle of servants. Yet Jesus told his disciples that he didn’t come to be served, but to be of service.
How about a lavish throne? For Jesus, that was the back side of a baby donkey, bouncing his way into Jerusalem.
Then there’s fine clothes and a royal family. Yet Jesus’ philosophy was to “take no thought for what ye shall wear” and his mother was a peasant woman.
Here’s a question: can you be a king without an army or a treasure chest to fund that force? If I recall, Jesus said “we shouldn’t lay up treasure on earth, but in heaven.” And concerning the military, he warned us that “they that live by the sword shall die by the sword.”
Even though Jesus was surrounded by devoted women, he possessed none of them as his queen.
And at his coronation, he was crowned … with thorns.
Christ the King Sunday.
He was a king. But he was a king because he came to testify to the truth: the truth that faith is the part of belief that we use, like a mustard seed. Hope is the desire we pursue. And love is the God we give to others.
All hail, King Jesus, who taught us that the only way to be a master … is to become a servant.
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