Jesus is King

O come let us worship God our King. O come let us worship and fall down before Christ our King and God. O come let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and God.

The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.

The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!

Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O Lord, forevermore.

Psalm 93

Over the past several weeks I have heard many people express their concern for the country, their frustration with the presidency and their anger about the economy, war, health care, gay marriage, etc.

I respect their opinions and their feelings and their right to have them.

But I worry sometimes. I worry that the church, both the right and left wings (for back of better terminology) are losing sight of one very significant truth: Jesus it the King. And we, as his followers, are to be about the work of ushering in his Kingdom, those places where he is Supreme, where he is Lord, where he is in charge. Because that is what it means for him to be our King. And I don't see any of that going on in the halls of Washington, or for that matter, in the halls of many churches or city council meetings. Jesus transcends party platforms and agendas. Those things are all well and good, but not if our loyalty and passion for them supplants, distorts or misdirects our loyalty to and passion for the True King, Jesus Christ.